Portugal
Porto
Match
62
- Beach first63
- Culture first63
- Food & nightlife63
- Family trip62
- Nature first58
- Good weather62
- On a budget63
The nine measures
Each scored 0 to 100 against fixed anchors, so a score means the same thing on every page. Open a row for the figures behind it.
Beaches & swimming. Scores 60 out of 100.60
| Score | 60 |
|---|---|
| Swim season months | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 52 |
| Coast distance | 4 km |
| Water distance | 3 km |
Sea reaches 21 °C or more in 0 months, 52 beaches lie within 10 km, and the water is 3 km away.
Places to eat. Scores 68 out of 100.68
| Score | 68 |
|---|---|
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 1,172 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 27 |
1172 restaurants within 2 km of the centre, spread across an effective 27 kitchens.
Museums & heritage. Scores 71 out of 100.71
| Score | 71 |
|---|---|
| Museums within 10 km | 101 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 57 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | 56 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 3 |
101 museums mapped within 10 km, 56% of them within 2 km of the centre, and 3 whole UNESCO inscriptions within 50 km.
Nightlife. Scores 58 out of 100.58
| Score | 58 |
|---|---|
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 900 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 570 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 63 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 38 |
900 places to drink within 4 km, 38 nightclubs among them, and 63% of the drinking venues within 2 km of the centre.
Nature & day trips. Scores 33 out of 100.33
| Score | 33 |
|---|---|
| Protected land share 50 km % | 7 |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 0 |
| Land share of disc % | 61 |
| Park area within 2 km | 30 hectares |
7% of the 50 km disc around the city is protected land, and there are 30 hectares of park within 2 km of the centre.
Good for families. Scores 65 out of 100.65
| Score | 65 |
|---|---|
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 122 |
| Park area within 2 km | 30 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 1 |
122 tourist attractions within 2 km beside 30 hectares of park, and 1 theme park within 30 km.
Sights concentration. Scores 54 out of 100.54
| Score | 54 |
|---|---|
| Notable places within 2 km | 85 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 |
85 notable places within 2 km of the centre, counting places with a Wikipedia presence in at least five languages.
Value for money. Scores 74 out of 100.74
| Score | 74 |
|---|---|
| Price level global | 55.9 |
| Daily budget | €109 |
National price level of 55.9 against the United States at 100, scored on a fixed scale from 20, the cheapest countries anyone travels to, to 160, the most expensive. The estimated daily budget there is €109.
Year-round weather. Scores 71 out of 100.71
| Score | 71 |
|---|---|
| Monthly daytime high | 13.8 °C to 25.2 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 22 mm to 181 mm |
| Dry months | 3 |
Daytime highs run 14-25 °C across the year, with 3 month(s) at 40 mm of rain or less.
When should you go?
The figures behind each month, shaded against this city's own year: the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).
Getting there
| Flying from | Porto |
|---|---|
| ParisCDG, ORY, BVA | 2 h 5 m €88-127 OPO · 12 km |
| MadridMAD | 1 h 10 m €70-124 OPO · 12 km |
| GenevaGVA | 2 h 10 m €128-166 1 stop OPO · 12 km |
| LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2 | 2 h 10 m €90-144 1 stop OPO · 12 km |
| LisbonLIS | 1 h 0 m €81 OPO · 12 km |
| BarcelonaBCN | 1 h 45 m €81-135 OPO · 12 km |
| New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA | 6 h 55 m no fares OPO · 12 km |
| Sao PauloGRU, VCP, CGH, RTE | 10 h 15 m no fares OPO · 12 km |
| MarrakechRAK | 1 h 55 m no fares OPO · 12 km |
| FunchalFNC | 2 h 5 m €67-130 OPO · 12 km |
The busiest departure cities for Porto, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.
Before you go
| Measure | Porto |
|---|---|
| Official language | Portuguese |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 |
| Elevation | 104 m |
| Main airport | Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre132 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Porto |
|---|---|
| City population | 231,800 |
| People per km² | 5,599 |
| Museums within 10 km | 42 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 3 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 70 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None |
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