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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Porto or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Tampa 57: Porto leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Tampa 42: Porto leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Tampa 52: Porto leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Tampa 55: Porto leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Tampa 54: Porto leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Tampa 22: Porto leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Tampa 40: Porto leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Tampa 40: Porto leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Tampa 47: Porto leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Tampa 30: Porto leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Tampa.

Your match

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

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoTampa
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation104 m30 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoTampa
City population273,476384,959
People per km²6,606848
Museums within 10 km426
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

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. 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.