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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Porto or Zagreb?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Porto leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Zagreb 55: Porto leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Zagreb 56: Porto leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Zagreb 47: Porto leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Zagreb 62: Porto leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Zagreb 60: Porto leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Porto and Zagreb are level on 52.
Getting around. Porto 66, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Zagreb 40: Porto leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Zagreb 60: Porto leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto and Zagreb are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

Your match

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

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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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PortoZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoZagreb
Official languagePortugueseCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation104 m127 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoZagreb
City population273,476767,131
People per km²6,606-
Museums within 10 km4227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.