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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Prague?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Faro leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Prague 50: Prague leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Prague 83: Prague leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Prague 65: Prague leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Prague 58: Faro leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Prague 77: Prague leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Prague 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Prague 83: Prague leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Prague 50: Prague leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Prague 62: Prague leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Prague 76: Prague leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Prague 40: Prague leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Prague.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroPrague
Official languagePortugueseCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m235 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroPrague
City population64,5601,397,880
People per km²3192,817
Museums within 10 km288
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.