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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Faro or Pensacola?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Pensacola 45: Faro leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Pensacola 45: Pensacola leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro and Pensacola are level on 62.
Day trips. Faro 64, Pensacola 45: Faro leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Pensacola 18: Faro leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Pensacola 28: Faro leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Pensacola 44: Faro leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Pensacola 36: Pensacola leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Pensacola 30: Faro leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroPensacola
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 m31 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroPensacola
City population64,56054,312
People per km²319515
Museums within 10 km25
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.