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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Portofino or Seattle?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Portofino leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Seattle 55: Portofino leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Seattle 22: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Seattle 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 Seattle.

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.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortofinoSeattle

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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoSeattle
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m40 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoSeattle
City population355737,015
People per km²1421,996
Museums within 10 km1427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.