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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portofino for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Huntington Beach 70, Portofino 60: Huntington Beach leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Portofino 36: Huntington Beach leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Portofino 22: Portofino leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Portofino 14: Huntington Beach leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Portofino 33: Huntington Beach leads by 49 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Portofino 29: Huntington Beach leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Portofino 9: Huntington Beach leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Portofino 7: Huntington Beach leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Portofino 42: Portofino leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Portofino.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
Best match
44match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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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Where the figures come from

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. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachPortofino
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m20 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachPortofino
City population198,711355
People per km²2,406142
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

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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. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.