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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Vilnius?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Faro leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Vilnius 52: Faro leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Vilnius 60: Faro leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Vilnius 44: Faro leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Faro
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Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroVilnius
Official languagePortugueseLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m98 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroVilnius
City population64,560619,405
People per km²3191,545
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.