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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Faro or Nashville?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Nashville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Faro leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Nashville 50: Nashville leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Nashville 46: Faro leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Nashville 52: Faro leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Nashville 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Nashville 30: Faro leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Nashville 42: Nashville leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Nashville 30: Faro leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Nashville 20: Faro leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Nashville.

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.

Nashville
46match

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroNashville
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m182 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroNashville
City population64,560689,447
People per km²319506
Museums within 10 km212
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. 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.