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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Osaka 34, Portland 20: Osaka leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Portland 68: Osaka leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Portland 38: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Portland 52: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Portland 84: Portland leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Portland 58: Osaka leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Portland 55: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Portland 62: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Portland 52: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Portland 38: Osaka leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Portland 55: Osaka leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Portland 42: Osaka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Portland.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on 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.

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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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OsakaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaPortland
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation20 m152 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaPortland
City population2,751,862652,503
People per km²12,3401,736
Museums within 10 km4417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.