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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Faro or Liverpool?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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, Liverpool 22: Faro leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Faro and Liverpool are level on 48.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Liverpool 52: Faro leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Faro and Liverpool are level on 64.
Good for families. Faro 60, Liverpool 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Liverpool 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Liverpool 22: Faro leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroLiverpool
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m70 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroLiverpool
City population64,560513,441
People per km²3194,592
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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.