VacationSelector
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Hong Kong?

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

  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Faro leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Hong Kong 27: Faro leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300400500JFMAMJJASOND
FaroHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroHong Kong
Official languagePortugueseStandard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation10 m7 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroHong Kong
City population64,5607,413,070
People per km²319-
Museums within 10 km239
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months8 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Faro or Hong Kong somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.