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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Faro or Victoria Falls?

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 Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Faro leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Victoria Falls 24: Faro leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Victoria Falls 12: Faro leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Victoria Falls 8: Faro leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Victoria Falls 22: Faro leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Victoria Falls 38: Faro leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Victoria Falls 45: Faro leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Victoria Falls 18: Faro leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Victoria Falls 32: Faro leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Victoria Falls 10: Faro leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Victoria Falls 34: Victoria Falls leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Victoria Falls.

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.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FaroVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroVictoria Falls
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112999
Elevation10 m961 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroVictoria Falls
City population64,56033,060
People per km²319-
Museums within 10 km22
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.