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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Portofino or Reykjavik?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Portofino leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Reykjavik 42: Reykjavik leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Reykjavik 25: Reykjavik leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Reykjavik 35: Portofino leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Reykjavik 25: Portofino leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Reykjavik 6: Portofino leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Reykjavik
Best match
44match

Wins on wellness 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.

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortofinoReykjavik

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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoReykjavik
Official languageItalianIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m8 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoReykjavik
City population355138,772
People per km²142569
Museums within 10 km1423
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.