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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. London 25, Porto 40: Porto leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Porto 70: London leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Porto 68: London leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Porto 65: London leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Porto 64: Porto leads by 7 points.
Day trips. London 90, Porto 79: London leads by 11 points.
Good for families. London 82, Porto 52: London leads by 30 points.
Getting around. London 85, Porto 66: London leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Porto 52: London leads by 43 points.
Affordability. London 15, Porto 62: Porto leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Porto 52: London leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Porto 34: London leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Porto.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

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

Porto
59match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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LondonPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonPorto
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m104 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonPorto
City population8,799,728273,476
People per km²5,5986,606
Museums within 10 km21642
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.