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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Portofino or Sedona?

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 Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Portofino leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Sedona 33: Portofino leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Sedona 20: Portofino leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Sedona 8: Portofino leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Sedona 55: Portofino leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Sedona 22: Portofino leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Sedona 34: Sedona leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Sedona 18: Sedona leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Sedona 13: Sedona leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Sedona.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 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.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoSedona
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 m1,319 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre149 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoSedona
City population3559,684
People per km²142195
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.