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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Porto or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Porto leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Tromso 36: Porto leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Tromso 27: Porto leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Tromso 38: Porto leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Tromso 14: Porto leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Tromso 45: Porto leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Tromso 60: Porto leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Tromso 15: Porto leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Tromso 11: Porto leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Tromso 32: Porto leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Tromso.

Your match

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

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortoTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoTromso
Official languagePortugueseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation104 m20 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoTromso
City population273,47679,943
People per km²6,60632
Museums within 10 km428
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.