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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License.

Faro or Kyoto?

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

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

Choose Kyoto for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kyoto’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, Kyoto 15: Faro leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Kyoto 85: Kyoto leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Kyoto 35: Kyoto leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Kyoto 68: Kyoto leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Kyoto 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Kyoto 60: Kyoto leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Kyoto.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Kyoto
Best match
66match

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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroKyoto
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation10 m51 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroKyoto
City population64,5601,463,723
People per km²3191,768
Museums within 10 km277
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 months

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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. 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.