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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Portofino or Puerto Princesa?

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 Portofino for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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. Portofino 60, Puerto Princesa 58: Portofino leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Puerto Princesa 38: Puerto Princesa leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino and Puerto Princesa are level on 22.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Puerto Princesa 26: Puerto Princesa leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Puerto Princesa 12: Portofino leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Puerto Princesa 45: Puerto Princesa leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Puerto Princesa 30: Portofino leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Puerto Princesa 20: Portofino leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 69 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Puerto Princesa 10: Puerto Princesa leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Puerto Princesa 40: Portofino leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Portofino
38match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Puerto Princesa has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoPuerto Princesa
Official languageItalianEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m98 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoPuerto Princesa
City population355316,384
People per km²142133
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.