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Clearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier, Clearwater
ClearwaterClearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Clearwater by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Clearwater 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 Clearwater for

  • families
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Faro for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Clearwater 90, Faro 74: Clearwater leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Clearwater 38, Faro 48: Faro leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Clearwater 18, Faro 35: Faro leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Clearwater 34, Faro 32: Clearwater leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Clearwater 55, Faro 62: Faro leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Clearwater 58, Faro 64: Faro leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Clearwater 78, Faro 60: Clearwater leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Clearwater 28, Faro 60: Faro leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Clearwater 27, Faro 35: Faro leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Clearwater 35, Faro 60: Faro leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Clearwater 36, Faro 30: Clearwater leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Clearwater 40, Faro 33: Clearwater leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Clearwater and Faro.

Your match

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

Clearwater
45match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around 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.

Clearwater in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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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Where the figures come from

Clearwater has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Clearwater's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Clearwater: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg / High Point (12.7 km from centre). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureClearwaterFaro
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m10 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureClearwaterFaro
City population117,29264,560
People per km²1,154319
Museums within 10 km42
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months3 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.