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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Porto or Reykjavik?

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 Porto for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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. Porto 40, Reykjavik 12: Porto leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Reykjavik 42: Porto leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Reykjavik 25: Porto leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Reykjavik 45: Porto leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Reykjavik 35: Porto leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Reykjavik 55: Porto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Reykjavik 25: Porto leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Reykjavik 6: Porto leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Reykjavik 45: Porto leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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.

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortoReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoReykjavik
Official languagePortugueseIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation104 m8 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoReykjavik
City population273,476138,772
People per km²6,606569
Museums within 10 km4223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.