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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Rovinj?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Faro leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Rovinj 25: Faro leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Rovinj 60: Faro leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Rovinj 52: Faro leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Rovinj 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Rovinj 28: Faro leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Rovinj 36: Faro leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Rovinj 15: Faro leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroRovinj
Official languagePortugueseCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroRovinj
City population64,56012,968
People per km²319-
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.