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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agadir or Kathmandu?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Agadir leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Kathmandu 36: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Kathmandu 70: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Kathmandu 56: Kathmandu leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Kathmandu 20: Agadir leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Kathmandu 25: Agadir leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Kathmandu 28: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu.

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 families with your weighting.

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirKathmandu
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightNepali
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+5:45
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation74 m1,300 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirKathmandu
City population538,000845,767
People per km²-17,121
Museums within 10 km19
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.