Guarda logs 39 hot days a year to Porto's 9 — Porto wins by 30. Porto also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.

Porto averages $1,759/mo for balanced living; Guarda has no cost baseline yet.

On mobility, Porto scores 2.6 vs Guarda's 1.4 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on public transit. Guarda still holds an edge on walkability.

Porto's culture score of 3.3 sits well above Guarda's 0.0.

Porto scores 3.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Guarda has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Porto scores 2.7 on safety (0–5 scale); Guarda has no safety baseline.

Porto scores 2.9 on career (0–5 scale); Guarda has no career baseline.

Porto scores 3.4 on social & community (0–5 scale); Guarda has no social & community baseline.

Porto scores 2.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Guarda has no food & dining baseline.

Porto scores 2.4 on family (0–5 scale); Guarda has no family baseline.

Porto scores 3.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Guarda has no healthcare baseline.

Guarda averages 6 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Porto's 10.6 µg/m³ (moderate) — Guarda breathes ~44% cleaner air (4.6 µg/m³ lower).

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