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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Portofino or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Portofino leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Scottsdale 46: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Scottsdale 38: Scottsdale leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Scottsdale 68: Portofino leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Scottsdale 50: Portofino leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Scottsdale 20: Portofino leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Scottsdale 32: Scottsdale leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
Best match
46match

Wins on nightlife 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
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoScottsdale
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m380 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre149 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoScottsdale
City population355241,361
People per km²142-
Museums within 10 km1410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.