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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License.

Agadir or Colombo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Colombo for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Colombo’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, Colombo 55: Agadir leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Colombo 66: Colombo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Colombo 35: Colombo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Colombo 32: Agadir leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Colombo 50: Colombo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Colombo 35: Agadir leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Colombo 35: Agadir leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Colombo 78: Colombo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Colombo 30: Colombo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Colombo 48: Agadir leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Colombo.

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 nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Colombo
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
No recordsunshine a day
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirColombo
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightTamil, Sinhala
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsCE50 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation74 m1 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirColombo
City population538,000647,557
People per km²-17,361
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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.