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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland or Verona?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Verona for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Verona 66: Portland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Verona 76: Verona leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Verona 37: Portland leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Verona 65: Portland leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Verona 92: Verona leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Verona 66: Verona leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Verona 68: Verona leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Portland and Verona are level on 52.
Affordability. Portland 38, Verona 46: Verona leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Verona 66: Verona leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Verona 48: Verona leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Verona.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandVerona
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m59 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandVerona
City population652,503255,588
People per km²1,7361,285
Museums within 10 km1718
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05

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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.