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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Faro or Naples?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Naples for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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, Naples 50: Faro leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Naples 83: Naples leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Naples 87: Naples leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Naples 60: Naples leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Naples 77: Naples leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Naples 96: Naples leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Naples 45: Faro leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Naples 54: Faro leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Naples 60: Naples leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Naples 63: Naples leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Naples 66: Naples leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Naples 44: Naples leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Naples.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Naples 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroNaples
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m17 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroNaples
City population64,560913,462
People per km²3197,676
Museums within 10 km265
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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. 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.