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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Quebec City?

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
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Faro leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Quebec City 58: Faro leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Quebec City 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Quebec City 45: Faro leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroQuebec City
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m98 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroQuebec City
City population64,560574,482
People per km²3191,184
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.