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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Faro or Ghent?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Ghent for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Faro leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Ghent 55: Ghent leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Ghent 35: Faro leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Ghent 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Ghent 38: Faro leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Ghent 60: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro and Ghent are level on 33.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Ghent.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroGhent
Official languagePortugueseFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroGhent
City population64,560272,657
People per km²3191,728
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.