Portugal Algarve Compare Luz vs Santa Luzia Luz vs Santa Luzia: which Algarve town suits you? Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (15°C and 15°C). Luz has more grocery stores on foot and a closer train station; Santa Luzia has more cafés on foot, more restaurants on foot and a closer bus station.
Choose Luz if you want + Car-light living: 3 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk and public transport close by + More grocery stores within a 15-minute walk (3, against 1) + A train station closer by (0.5 km, against 1.6 km) Choose Santa Luzia if you want + More cafés within a 15-minute walk (5, against 0) + More restaurants within a 15-minute walk (18, against 5) + A bus station closer by (2.9 km, against 6.0 km) Side by side Bold marks the better value where one is clearly better and both values are precise.
Climate Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020 Measure Luz Santa Luzia January high 15°C 15°C January low 10°C 10°C July high 29°C 29°C Days above 35°C a year 1 1 Nights above 20°C a year 64 70 Frost days a year 0 0 Days with rain a year 59 59 Daylight on 21 December 9 h 37 min 9 h 37 min
Daily life within a 15-minute walk Measure Luz Santa Luzia Grocery stores 3 1 Pharmacies 1 1 Doctors and clinics 0 0 Cafés 0 5 Restaurants 5 18
Getting around Measure Luz Santa Luzia Nearest train station 0.5 km 1.6 km Nearest bus station 6.0 km 2.9 km Nearest hospital 21 km 25 km Nearest beach 2.5 km 1.5 km Nearest airport with scheduled flights 25 km 29 km
Housing and safety (whole municipality) Measure Luz Santa Luzia Median rent per m², per month €9.61/m² €9.61/m² Sale price per m² €3,282/m² €3,282/m² Sale price change, 5 years +60% +60% Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents 35.0 35.0
People Measure Luz Santa Luzia Population 3,627 1,455 Aged 65 and over 27.8% 28.4% Under 15 11.3% 10.9% Born in another country 21.8% 20.7%
Natural hazards Measure Luz Santa Luzia Earthquakes of M5+ within 100 km since 1900 4 4
Month by month Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020 High Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Luz 15° 16° 18° 20° 22° 26° 29° 29° 26° 22° 18° 16° Santa Luzia 15° 16° 18° 20° 23° 26° 29° 29° 26° 23° 19° 16°
The average highs are within 1°C of each other in every month.
Luz or Santa Luzia: common questions Which is warmer in winter, Luz or Santa Luzia? They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 15.1°C in Luz and 15.3°C in Santa Luzia.
Which has more shops within walking distance? Luz: 3 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 1 in Santa Luzia.
Which is closer to an airport? Both use Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO): 25 km from Luz and 29 km from Santa Luzia, in a straight line.