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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Portofino or Warsaw?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Portofino leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Warsaw 47: Portofino leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Warsaw 52: Portofino leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Warsaw 35: Portofino leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

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

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoWarsaw
Official languageItalianPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m118 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoWarsaw
City population3551,862,402
People per km²1423,601
Museums within 10 km14117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.