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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Portland or Seville?

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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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. Portland 20, Seville 18: Portland leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Seville 73: Seville leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Seville 82: Seville leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Seville 62: Seville leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Seville 52: Portland leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Seville 80: Seville leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Portland and Seville are level on 55.
Getting around. Portland 62, Seville 72: Seville leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Seville 58: Seville leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Seville 68: Seville leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Seville 40: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Seville.

Your match

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

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandSeville
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m18 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandSeville
City population652,503689,423
People per km²1,7364,896
Museums within 10 km1724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.