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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Porto or Verona?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Verona for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Verona 66: Porto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Verona 76: Verona leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Verona 37: Porto leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Verona 65: Verona leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Verona 92: Verona leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Verona 66: Verona leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Verona 68: Verona leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Porto and Verona are level on 52.
Affordability. Porto 62, Verona 46: Porto leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Verona 66: Verona leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Verona 48: Verona leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Verona.

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 nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on families 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortoVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoVerona
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation104 m59 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoVerona
City population273,476255,588
People per km²6,6061,285
Museums within 10 km4218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
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.