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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Faro or Hobart?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Faro leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Hobart 30: Faro leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Hobart 60: Faro leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Hobart 56: Faro leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Hobart 45: Faro leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Hobart 35: Faro leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Hobart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroHobart
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation10 m54 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroHobart
City population64,560197,451
People per km²319116
Museums within 10 km28
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.