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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Orlando 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 Orlando for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Portofino for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Orlando 42, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Portofino 36: Orlando leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando and Portofino are level on 22.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Portofino 14: Orlando leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Portofino 33: Orlando leads by 65 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Portofino 29: Orlando leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Portofino 9: Orlando leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Portofino 7: Orlando leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Portofino 42: Portofino leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Portofino.

Your match

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

Orlando
Best match
44match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
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. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoPortofino
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation34 m20 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoPortofino
City population334,854355
People per km²1,086142
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.