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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Faro or New Orleans?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Faro leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, New Orleans 42: Faro leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, New Orleans 52: Faro leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, New Orleans 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, New Orleans 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, New Orleans 40: Faro leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, New Orleans 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 New Orleans.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

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

New Orleans
Best match
54match

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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroNew Orleans
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 m-2 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroNew Orleans
City population64,560383,997
People per km²319423
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.