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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Portofino?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Cadiz for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’s own page.

Choose Portofino for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Cadiz 80, Portofino 60: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Portofino 36: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Portofino 22: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Portofino 14: Cadiz leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Portofino 76: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Portofino 33: Cadiz leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Portofino 50: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Portofino 29: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Portofino 9: Cadiz leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Portofino 7: Cadiz leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Portofino are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Portofino.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizPortofino
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m20 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizPortofino
City population109,950355
People per km²9,087142
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.