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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Faro or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Faro leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Steamboat Springs 30: Faro leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Steamboat Springs 14: Faro leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Steamboat Springs 20: Faro leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Steamboat Springs 12: Faro leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Steamboat Springs 46: Faro leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Steamboat Springs 22: Faro leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Steamboat Springs 17: Faro leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Steamboat Springs 28: Faro leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on wellness 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroSteamboat Springs
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m2,052 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroSteamboat Springs
City population64,56013,224
People per km²319503
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.