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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Porto or Sapporo?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Porto leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Sapporo 40: Porto leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Sapporo 62: Porto leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Sapporo 64: Porto leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Sapporo 60: Porto leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Sapporo 44: Porto leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Porto
59match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortoSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoSapporo
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation104 m5 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoSapporo
City population273,4761,959,313
People per km²6,6061,747
Museums within 10 km4233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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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.