Goals from Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, David Silva and David Pizarro secured a 6-1 aggregate success for Roberto Mancini's side and a tie against either Sporting Lisbon or Legia Warsaw.
Aguero gave City a flying start with the opening goal after only 19 seconds when he latched onto Yaya Toure's superb throughball after Nicolas Otamendi's pass was intercepted by Nigel de Jong.
City were denied a second goal when Helton rushed out of his area to close down Toure and Aguero was then inches away from doubling his tally on 29 when he rounded Helton only to hit the crossbar with his chip.
The visitors had their chances and Joe Hart was forced into action to smother Silvestre Varela's effort, while James Rodriguez had a goal disallowed for offside after the restart.
City finally put the tie to bed in the 76th minute when Aguero played in substitute Dzeko, with Jorge Rolando picking up a second yellow card as he appealed - incorrectly - for an offside decision.
Porto's resistance collapsed after that and Pizarro, who had replaced Aguero, centred for Silva to tap home the third goal on 84 before adding his name to the scoresheet two minutes later.
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