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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portland for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Goreme 3, Portland 20: Portland leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Portland 68: Portland leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Portland 38: Goreme leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Portland 52: Portland leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Portland 84: Portland leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Portland 58: Goreme leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Portland 55: Portland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Portland 62: Portland leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Portland 52: Portland leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Portland 38: Goreme leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Portland 55: Portland leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme and Portland are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Portland.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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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GoremePortland

Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremePortland
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1,100 m152 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremePortland
City population2,000652,503
People per km²201,736
Museums within 10 km517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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. 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.