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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Faro leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Toronto 52: Faro leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Toronto 50: Faro leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Toronto 34: Faro leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro and Toronto are level on 33.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroToronto
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m76 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroToronto
City population64,5602,794,356
People per km²3194,434
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months1 month

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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.