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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Faro or Seattle?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Faro leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Seattle 55: Faro leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Faro and Seattle are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Seattle 22: Faro leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Seattle.

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.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroSeattle
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m40 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroSeattle
City population64,560737,015
People per km²3191,996
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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.