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White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Pensacola 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 Pensacola for

  • prices
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Portofino for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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. Pensacola 84, Portofino 60: Pensacola leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Pensacola 45, Portofino 36: Pensacola leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Pensacola 45, Portofino 22: Pensacola leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Pensacola 42, Portofino 14: Pensacola leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pensacola 62, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Pensacola 45, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Pensacola 62, Portofino 33: Pensacola leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Pensacola 18, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Pensacola 28, Portofino 29: Portofino leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Pensacola 44, Portofino 9: Pensacola leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pensacola 36, Portofino 7: Pensacola leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pensacola 30, Portofino 42: Portofino leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pensacola and Portofino.

Your match

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

Pensacola
Best match
45match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
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. Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePensacolaPortofino
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m20 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePensacolaPortofino
City population54,312355
People per km²515142
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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.