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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Faro or Florence?

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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Florence for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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. Faro 74, Florence 14: Faro leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Florence 74: Florence leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Florence 94: Florence leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Florence 42: Florence leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Florence 58: Faro leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Florence 98: Florence leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Florence 45: Faro leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Florence 78: Florence leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Florence 72: Florence leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Florence 35: Faro leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Florence 58: Florence leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Florence 42: Florence leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Florence.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroFlorence
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroFlorence
City population64,560360,930
People per km²3193,528
Museums within 10 km2141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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.