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Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Key West 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 Key West for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portofino for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Key West and Portofino are level on 60.
Food & drink. Key West 45, Portofino 36: Key West leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Key West 40, Portofino 22: Key West leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Key West 62, Portofino 14: Key West leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Key West 62, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Key West 28, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Key West 40, Portofino 33: Key West leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Key West 62, Portofino 50: Key West leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Key West 30, Portofino 29: Key West leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Key West 15, Portofino 9: Key West leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Key West 38, Portofino 7: Key West leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Key West 40, Portofino 42: Portofino leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Key West and Portofino.

Your match

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

Key West
Best match
44match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on day trips 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.

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
30 °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

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West 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.

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. Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKey WestPortofino
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m20 m
Main airportKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKey WestPortofino
City population26,444355
People per km²1,407142
Museums within 10 km714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.