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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agadir or Arequipa?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Arequipa for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Arequipa’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, Arequipa 8: Agadir leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Arequipa 66: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Arequipa 64: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Arequipa 36: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Arequipa 74: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Arequipa 30: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Arequipa 35: Agadir leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Arequipa 54: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Arequipa 44: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Arequipa 82: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Arequipa 27: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Arequipa 34: Agadir leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Arequipa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Agadir
47match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 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.

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirArequipa
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCE50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15111 or 911
Elevation74 m2,335 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirArequipa
City population538,0001,008,290
People per km²-1,551
Museums within 10 km13
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.