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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland or Tirana?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Tirana 57: Portland leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Tirana 62: Portland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Tirana 40: Portland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Tirana 54: Portland leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Tirana 32: Portland leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Tirana 32: Portland leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Tirana 27: Portland leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Tirana.

Your match

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

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

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.

Portland in July

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandTirana
Official language-Albanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m110 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandTirana
City population652,503389,323
People per km²1,7369,314
Museums within 10 km1711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.