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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Paris 9, Porto 40: Porto leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Porto 70: Paris leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Porto 68: Paris leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Porto 65: Paris leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, Porto 64: Porto leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, Porto 79: Paris leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Porto 52: Paris leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Porto 66: Paris leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Porto 52: Paris leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Porto 62: Porto leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Porto 52: Paris leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Porto 34: Paris leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Porto.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

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

Porto
59match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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ParisPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisPorto
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
Elevation27 m104 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisPorto
City population2,103,778273,476
People per km²19,9606,606
Museums within 10 km25142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.