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Kathmandu or Portland?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
Kathmandu

Photo: Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
Portland

Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Kathmandu
48
match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
✓ Best match
52
match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

KathmanduPortland
Beaches & swimming. Portland leads by 16 points.16
Food & drink. Portland leads by 13 points.13
Culture & sights. Kathmandu leads by 44 points.44
Nightlife. Portland leads by 16 points.16
Nature & outdoors. Portland leads by 14 points.14
Day trips. Portland leads by 2 points.2
Good for families. Portland leads by 35 points.35
Getting around. Portland leads by 37 points.37
Shopping & style. Kathmandu leads by 3 points.3
Affordability. Kathmandu leads by 59 points.59
Live music & performing arts. Portland leads by 27 points.27
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu leads by 3 points.3
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Portland.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyKathmanduPortland
Daytime high29 °C27 °C
Night-time low20 °C15 °C
Rainfall in the month384 mm13 mm
Sunshine4 hours a dayNo figure
Daylight14 hours a day15 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
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Daytime high, °C
Kathmandu
19
22
26
29
29
29
29
29
28
27
23
20
Portland
8
11
13
16
20
23
27
28
25
18
12
8
Rainfall, mm
Kathmandu
16
23
37
57
113
260
384
317
211
48
7
10
Portland
128
94
101
75
65
41
13
14
39
87
138
145
Daylight, hours per day
Kathmandu
11
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
Portland
9
10
12
14
15
16
15
14
13
11
10
9
Sunshine, hours per day
Kathmandu
6
6
7
7
7
5
4
4
5
7
7
7
Portland
No sunshine record

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureKathmanduPortland
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m152 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduPortland
City population845,767652,503
People per km²17,1211,736
Museums within 10 km917
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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.