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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Porto for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

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. Mumbai 18, Porto 40: Porto leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Porto 70: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Porto 68: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Porto 65: Porto leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Porto 64: Porto leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Porto 79: Porto leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Porto 52: Porto leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Porto 66: Porto leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Porto 52: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Porto 62: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Porto 52: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Porto 34: Porto leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Porto.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips 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

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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPorto
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m104 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPorto
City population15,414,288273,476
People per km²25,5636,606
Museums within 10 km142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. 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.

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.