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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Faro for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • prices

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. Calgary 8, Faro 74: Faro leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Faro 48: Faro leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary and Faro are level on 35.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Faro 32: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Faro 62: Calgary leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Faro 64: Faro leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Faro 60: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Faro 60: Faro leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Faro 35: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Faro 60: Faro leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Faro 30: Calgary leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Faro 33: Calgary leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Faro.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryFaro
Official languageFrench, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m10 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryFaro
City population1,306,78464,560
People per km²1,583319
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.