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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Faro or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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 St. Petersburg, Florida for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Faro leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Faro leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Faro leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Faro leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Faro
49match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m134 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population64,560258,308
People per km²319725
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months8 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.