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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Miami Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Miami Beach 62: Miami Beach leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Miami Beach 52: Miami Beach leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Miami Beach 52: Faro leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Miami Beach 55: Faro leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Faro and Miami Beach are level on 60.
Getting around. Faro 60, Miami Beach 58: Faro leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Miami Beach 20: Faro leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroMiami Beach
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroMiami Beach
City population64,56082,890
People per km²3192,109
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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. 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.