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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Portofino or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Tampa 55: Portofino leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Tampa 54: Portofino leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Tampa 22: Portofino leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Tampa 30: Portofino leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Tampa.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tampa
Best match
49match

Wins on families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoTampa
City population355384,959
People per km²142848
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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.