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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Portland?

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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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. Mumbai 18, Portland 20: Portland leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Portland 68: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Portland 38: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai and Portland are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Portland 84: Portland leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Portland 58: Portland leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Portland 55: Portland leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Portland 62: Portland leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Portland 52: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Portland 38: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai and Portland are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Portland 42: Portland leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Portland.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPortland
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m152 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPortland
City population15,414,288652,503
People per km²25,5631,736
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.