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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Bordeaux or Faro?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Bordeaux for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’s own page.

Choose Faro for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Bordeaux 50, Faro 74: Faro leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Faro 48: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Faro 35: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Faro 32: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Faro 62: Faro leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Faro 64: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Faro 60: Faro leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Faro 60: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Faro 35: Bordeaux leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Faro 60: Faro leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Faro 30: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Faro 33: Bordeaux leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Faro.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxFaro
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m10 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxFaro
City population267,99164,560
People per km²5,425319
Museums within 10 km182
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.