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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portofino or Tirana?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Portofino leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Tirana 62: Portofino leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Tirana 64: Portofino leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Tirana 40: Tirana leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Tirana 27: Portofino leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Tirana.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on prices 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
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoTirana
Official languageItalianAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m110 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoTirana
City population355389,323
People per km²1429,314
Museums within 10 km1411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.