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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Faro or Nairobi?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Faro leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Faro and Nairobi are level on 48.
Culture & sights. Faro and Nairobi are level on 35.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Nairobi 28: Faro leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Nairobi 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Nairobi 20: Faro leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Faro and Nairobi are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Nairobi 25: Faro leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroNairobi
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation10 m1,661 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroNairobi
City population64,5605,545,000
People per km²3197,967
Museums within 10 km24
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.