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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Faro or San Juan?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose San Juan for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, San Juan 64: San Juan leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, San Juan 52: Faro leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, San Juan 58: Faro leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, San Juan 38: Faro leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, San Juan 38: Faro leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, San Juan 55: San Juan leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, San Juan 40: San Juan leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and San Juan.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife 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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroSan Juan
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroSan Juan
City population64,560342,259
People per km²3192,847
Museums within 10 km218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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.