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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

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. Florence 14, Portland 20: Portland leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Portland 68: Florence leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Portland 38: Florence leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Portland 52: Portland leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Portland 84: Portland leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Portland 58: Florence leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Portland 55: Portland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Portland 62: Florence leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Portland 52: Florence leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Portland 38: Portland leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Portland 55: Florence leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence and Portland are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Portland.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorencePortland
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m152 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorencePortland
City population360,930652,503
People per km²3,5281,736
Museums within 10 km14117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.