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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Agadir or Hurghada?

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

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Hurghada 34: Agadir leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Hurghada 14: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Hurghada 40: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Hurghada 30: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Hurghada 22: Agadir leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Hurghada 24: Agadir leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Hurghada 10: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Hurghada 44: Agadir leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °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. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirHurghada
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightArabic
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation74 m11 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirHurghada
City population538,000214,247
Museums within 10 km11
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.