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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Porto or Strasbourg?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • wellness
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Porto leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Strasbourg 66: Porto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Strasbourg 40: Porto leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Strasbourg 62: Porto leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Porto and Strasbourg are level on 52.
Affordability. Porto 62, Strasbourg 44: Porto leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Porto
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on wellness and families 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortoStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoStrasbourg
Official languagePortugueseFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation104 m132 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoStrasbourg
City population273,476293,771
People per km²6,6063,752
Museums within 10 km4221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.