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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Faro or Tel Aviv?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Tel Aviv 52: Faro leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Tel Aviv 14: Faro leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroTel Aviv
Official languagePortugueseHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation10 m5 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFaroTel Aviv
City population64,560467,875
People per km²3198,998
Museums within 10 km298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.