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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agadir or AlUla?

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 Agadir for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose AlUla for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on AlUla’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. Agadir 72, AlUla 3: Agadir leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, AlUla 28: Agadir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, AlUla 70: AlUla leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, AlUla 5: Agadir leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, AlUla 72: AlUla leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, AlUla 20: Agadir leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, AlUla 35: Agadir leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, AlUla 15: Agadir leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, AlUla 15: Agadir leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, AlUla 18: Agadir leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, AlUla 28: AlUla leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, AlUla 45: Agadir leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and AlUla.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

AlUla
30match

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.

Agadir in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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.

AlUla 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. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirAlUla
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightArabic
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Saudi Riyal (SAR)
SocketsCE50 HzG60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112 or 911
Elevation74 m692 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirAlUla
City population538,00032,413
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.