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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Nice 75, Porto 40: Nice leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Porto 70: Porto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Porto 68: Porto leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Porto 65: Porto leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Porto 64: Nice leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Porto 79: Nice leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Porto 52: Nice leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Porto 66: Nice leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Porto 52: Nice leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Porto 62: Porto leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Porto 52: Porto leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Porto 34: Nice leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice 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

Nice
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Nice 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNicePorto
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m104 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNicePorto
City population357,737273,476
People per km²4,9756,606
Museums within 10 km1742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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). 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. 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.