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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Portofino for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • 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. Macau 24, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Portofino 36: Macau leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Portofino 22: Macau leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Portofino 14: Macau leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 72 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Portofino 33: Macau leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Portofino 50: Macau leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Portofino 29: Macau leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Portofino 9: Macau leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Portofino 7: Macau leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 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: Macau and Portofino.

Your match

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

Macau
Best match
46match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauPortofino
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseItalian
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation22 m20 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauPortofino
City population682,100355
People per km²5,916142
Museums within 10 km2814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.