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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Faro or Jerusalem?

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
  • families

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Faro leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Jerusalem 60: Faro leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Jerusalem 52: Faro leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Jerusalem 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Jerusalem 20: Faro leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Jerusalem.

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.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Jerusalem 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroJerusalem
Official languagePortugueseHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation10 m754 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFaroJerusalem
City population64,5601,050,151
People per km²3198,374
Museums within 10 km269
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.