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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Faro or New York?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: Faro leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, New York 92: New York leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, New York 89: New York leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, New York 97: New York leads by 65 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, New York 55: Faro leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, New York 68: New York leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, New York 70: New York leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, New York 82: New York leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, New York 97: New York leads by 62 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, New York 12: Faro leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, New York 99: New York leads by 69 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, New York 42: New York leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and New York.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroNew York
City population64,5608,804,190
People per km²3197,256
Museums within 10 km2157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months3 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.