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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Portofino for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Osaka 34, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Portofino 36: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Portofino 22: Osaka leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Portofino 14: Osaka leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Portofino 76: Osaka leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Portofino 33: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Portofino 50: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Portofino 29: Osaka leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Portofino 9: Osaka leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Portofino 7: Osaka leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Portofino 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 Portofino.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches 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.

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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaPortofino
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m20 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaPortofino
City population2,751,862355
People per km²12,340142
Museums within 10 km4414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.