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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portofino or Rehoboth Beach?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Rehoboth Beach 44: Rehoboth Beach leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Rehoboth Beach 14: Portofino leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Rehoboth Beach 40: Rehoboth Beach leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Rehoboth Beach 50: Portofino leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Rehoboth Beach 50: Portofino leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Portofino and Rehoboth Beach are level on 50.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Rehoboth Beach 28: Rehoboth Beach leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Rehoboth Beach 32: Portofino leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on families 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortofinoRehoboth Beach

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.

Rehoboth Beach 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoRehoboth Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m5 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoRehoboth Beach
City population3551,108
People per km²142258
Museums within 10 km142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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. 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.