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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Faro or Sapporo?

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Faro leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Faro and Sapporo are level on 64.
Good for families. Faro 60, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Faro and Sapporo are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroSapporo
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation10 m5 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroSapporo
City population64,5601,959,313
People per km²3191,747
Museums within 10 km233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months1 month

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.