Lisbon logs 0 hot days a year to Porto's 9 — Lisbon wins by 9. Porto also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 6.

Lisbon runs about $2,075/mo for a balanced lifestyle against Porto's $1,759/mo — Porto comes in $316 cheaper each month, roughly 18% less.

On mobility, Lisbon scores 3.4 vs Porto's 2.8 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on flight connectivity.

Lisbon's culture score of 3.9 sits well above Porto's 3.3, with the biggest gap on arts & culture.

Lisbon's nature & outdoors score of 4.2 sits well above Porto's 3.5, with the biggest gap on forest access.

Lisbon and Porto score neck-and-neck on safety (2.7 vs 2.7, 0–5 scale).

Lisbon's career score of 3.3 sits well above Porto's 2.9, with the biggest gap on economic scale.

Lisbon and Porto score neck-and-neck on social & community (3.6 vs 3.4, 0–5 scale).

On food & dining, Lisbon scores 3.4 vs Porto's 2.6 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on brunch availability.

On family, Lisbon scores 3.1 vs Porto's 2.4 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on international schools.

On healthcare, Lisbon scores 3.7 vs Porto's 3.0 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on private healthcare quality.

Lisbon averages 8.9 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Porto's 10.6 µg/m³ (moderate) — Lisbon breathes ~17% cleaner air (1.8 µg/m³ lower).

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