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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Porto or Wilmington?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Wilmington 48: Porto leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Wilmington 40: Porto leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Wilmington 40: Porto leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Wilmington 58: Porto leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Wilmington 45: Porto leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Wilmington 28: Porto leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Wilmington 33: Porto leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Wilmington 42: Porto leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Wilmington 40: Porto leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Wilmington 33: Porto leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Wilmington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortoWilmington

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoWilmington
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 m9 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre133 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoWilmington
City population273,476115,451
People per km²6,606839
Museums within 10 km422
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.