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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Monaco 68, Porto 40: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Porto 70: Porto leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Porto 68: Porto leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Porto 65: Porto leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Porto 64: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Porto 79: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Porto 52: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Porto 66: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco and Porto are level on 52.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Porto 62: Porto leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Porto 52: Monaco leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Porto 34: Monaco leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Porto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Porto
59match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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MonacoPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoPorto
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m104 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoPorto
City population38,857273,476
People per km²18,5036,606
Museums within 10 km1442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.