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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Newport Beach?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Faro leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Newport Beach 50: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Newport Beach 20: Faro leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Newport Beach 33: Newport Beach leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Newport Beach 20: Faro leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Newport Beach 15: Faro leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on shopping and families 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroNewport Beach
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroNewport Beach
City population64,56085,239
People per km²319622
Museums within 10 km24
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.