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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro or Zagreb?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Zagreb for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Faro leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro and Zagreb are level on 62.
Day trips. Faro 64, Zagreb 60: Faro leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Zagreb 52: Faro leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Faro and Zagreb are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro and Zagreb are level on 33.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroZagreb
Official languagePortugueseCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m127 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroZagreb
City population64,560767,131
People per km²319-
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.