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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Jasper?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Faro leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Jasper 22: Faro leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Jasper 10: Faro leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Jasper 14: Faro leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Jasper 8: Faro leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Jasper 42: Faro leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Jasper 18: Faro leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Jasper 12: Faro leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Jasper 20: Faro leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Jasper 7: Faro leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Jasper.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroJasper
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,060 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroJasper
City population64,5604,738
People per km²3195
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.