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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Portofino or Ushuaia?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Portofino leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino and Ushuaia are level on 22.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Ushuaia 18: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Ushuaia 14: Portofino leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Ushuaia 45: Portofino leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Ushuaia 22: Portofino leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Ushuaia 10: Ushuaia leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Ushuaia 26: Portofino leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Portofino
Best match
38match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortofinoUshuaia

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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoUshuaia
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation20 m23 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoUshuaia
City population35582,615
People per km²1423,592
Museums within 10 km145
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. 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.