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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agadir or Cusco?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Cusco for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Cusco’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, Cusco 3: Agadir leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Cusco 56: Cusco leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Cusco 81: Cusco leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Cusco 42: Cusco leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Cusco 86: Cusco leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Cusco 78: Cusco leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Cusco 10: Agadir leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Cusco 48: Cusco leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Cusco 52: Cusco leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Cusco 73: Cusco leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Cusco 30: Cusco leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Cusco 33: Agadir leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Cusco.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Agadir
47match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Cusco
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Agadir in July

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

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 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.

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler 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). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirCusco
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 m3,399 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirCusco
City population538,000428,450
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.