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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Agadir?

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 Acapulco for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Agadir for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Agadir’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. Acapulco 80, Agadir 72: Acapulco leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Agadir 50: Acapulco leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Agadir 22: Acapulco leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Agadir 33: Acapulco leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Agadir 65: Agadir leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Agadir 38: Agadir leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Agadir 58: Agadir leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Agadir 45: Agadir leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Agadir 38: Agadir leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Agadir 70: Acapulco leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Agadir 18: Acapulco leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Agadir 60: Agadir leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Agadir.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Agadir in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Agadir has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoAgadir
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation18 m74 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoAgadir
City population658,609538,000
People per km²350-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.