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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Porto or Tel Aviv?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Tel Aviv 57: Porto leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Tel Aviv 52: Porto leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Tel Aviv 64: Porto leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Tel Aviv 14: Porto leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Porto
59match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortoTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoTel Aviv
Official languagePortugueseHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation104 m5 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePortoTel Aviv
City population273,476467,875
People per km²6,6068,998
Museums within 10 km4298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 months

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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.