About Faro
Faro is a city in Faro, Portugal with a population of 70,347. It is the 14th largest of the 173 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Portugal, and the 8,197th largest worldwide. It lies 218 km from Lisbon.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 11
Elevation
24 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Lisbon
Coordinates
37.019, -7.927
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 173 in PortugalClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.