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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Perth?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Perth for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Perth 58: Perth leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Perth 42: Perth leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Perth 42: Perth leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Perth 72: Perth leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Perth 48: Faro leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Perth 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Perth 44: Perth leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Perth 28: Faro leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Perth 50: Perth leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Perth 38: Perth leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Perth.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroPerth
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroPerth
City population64,5602,141,834
People per km²319334
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.