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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

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

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

Choose Portofino for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Plovdiv 7, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Portofino 36: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Portofino 22: Plovdiv leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Portofino 14: Plovdiv leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Portofino 33: Plovdiv leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Portofino 50: Plovdiv leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Portofino 29: Plovdiv leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Portofino 9: Plovdiv leads by 69 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Portofino 7: Plovdiv leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Portofino 42: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Portofino.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivPortofino
Official languageBulgarianItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m20 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivPortofino
City population333,994355
People per km²3,274142
Museums within 10 km1814
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). 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. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.