Bucharest vs Porto

Bucharest leads Porto by 1 points on the CIRA Index, 69 to 68. Bucharest grades better on 6 measures, Porto on 9; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Bucharest 69, Porto 68
• OECD: Bucharest 68, Porto 69
• UN Tourism: Bucharest 73, Porto 71
• UNDRR: Bucharest 59, Porto 77

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Bucharest 60, Porto 54
• Economy and jobs: Bucharest 92, Porto 83
• Climate and hazards: Bucharest 60, Porto 85
• Water and environment: Bucharest 75, Porto 75
• Community and housing: Bucharest 83, Porto 38
• Access and continuity: Bucharest 63, Porto 79

Where Bucharest is stronger

• Domestic share of nights: 36.1 % of nights by residents of the same country (Direcția Regională de Statistică a Municipiului București (DRS-București / INSSE), Activitatea turistică în Municipiul București (trimestrul III 2025), Q3 2025). Between 35 and 45: grade 3/4.
• Largest foreign market: 10.1 % of international arrivals or nights (country figure) (Institutul Național de Statistică (INS) / Ministerul Economiei, Digitalizării, Antreprenoriatului și Turismului / Revista Afacerea, 2024). At or below 15: grade 4/4.
• Unemployment rate: 0.4 % of the labour force (Direcția Regională de Statistică a Municipiului București, Buletin Statistic Lunar, June 2026). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 305 kg per resident per year (country figure) (Eurostat, 2023). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Tourism intensity: 2 visitor nights per resident per year (Institutul Național de Statistică (INS) / DRSM București, 2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Rent growth: 4 % change in rents over the last 12 months (Investropa (citing Imobiliare.ro & market data), 2025–2026). Between 3 and 6: grade 3/4.

Where Porto is stronger

• Extreme heat days: 0.4 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Tropical nights: 5 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 10: grade 4/4.
• Flood hazard: very low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 4/4.
• Country disaster risk: 1.9 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). At or below 2: grade 4/4.
• Green space: 40 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (Municipality of Porto / ResearchGate, Green Structure of Porto study, 2022). At or above 40: grade 4/4.
• Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (metro figure) (Porto Metropolitan Area / Turismo de Portugal, 2024). At or above 4: grade 4/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: Crisis communication only, ad hoc (Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal (TPNP), 2024). Grade 1/4.
• Government effectiveness: 80.2 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). At or above 80: grade 4/4.
• Dedicated tourism funding: A dedicated source partly ring-fenced for residents, infrastructure or sustainability (Câmara Municipal do Porto, Regulamento da Taxa Municipal Turística, 2024-2025). Grade 3/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Romania: #43 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Portugal: #11 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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