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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

El Nido or Portland?

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 El Nido for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Portland for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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. El Nido 92, Portland 20: El Nido leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Portland 68: Portland leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Portland 38: Portland leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Portland 52: Portland leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Portland 84: El Nido leads by 3 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Portland 58: Portland leads by 50 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Portland 55: Portland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Portland 62: Portland leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Portland 52: Portland leads by 45 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Portland 38: El Nido leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Portland 55: Portland leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Portland 42: El Nido leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Portland.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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El NidoPortland

Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoPortland
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation35 m152 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoPortland
City population51,367652,503
People per km²561,736
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.