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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Geneva or Porto?

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 Geneva for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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. Geneva 45, Porto 40: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Porto 70: Porto leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Porto 68: Porto leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Porto 65: Porto leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Porto 64: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Porto 79: Geneva leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Porto 52: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Porto 66: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Porto 52: Geneva leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Porto 62: Porto leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Porto 52: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Porto 34: Geneva leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Porto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Geneva
57match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Porto
59match

Wins on prices 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.

Geneva in July

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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GenevaPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaPorto
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshPortuguese
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m104 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaPorto
City population211,152273,476
People per km²13,2806,606
Museums within 10 km3442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.