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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Deer Valley 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 Deer Valley for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Portofino for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Deer Valley 10, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley 38, Portofino 36: Deer Valley leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, Portofino 22: Portofino leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, Portofino 14: Deer Valley leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, Portofino 77: Deer Valley leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley 38, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, Portofino 33: Deer Valley leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley and Portofino are level on 50.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, Portofino 29: Portofino leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, Portofino 9: Portofino leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley 30, Portofino 7: Deer Valley leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, Portofino 42: Deer Valley leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and Portofino.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Deer Valley
36match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Deer ValleyPortofino

Where the figures come from

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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.

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. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyPortofino
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,474 m20 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyPortofino
City population-355
People per km²-142
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.