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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Portland or Toledo?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Portland leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Toledo 40: Portland leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Toledo 22: Portland leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Toledo 40: Portland leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Toledo 45: Portland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Toledo 32: Portland leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Toledo 22: Portland leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Toledo 30: Portland leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Toledo.

Your match

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

Portland
Best match
52match

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

Toledo
43match

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandToledo
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 m523 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandToledo
City population652,50387,216
People per km²1,736376
Museums within 10 km1713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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. 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.