Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
Agadir or Lima?
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
- wellness
- beaches
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Agadir’s own page.
Choose Lima for
- culture and sights
- food and drink
- live music and the arts
What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Lima.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.
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
Lima in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Agadir | Lima |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight | Spanish, Aymara, Quechua |
| Currency | Moroccan Dirham (MAD) | Sol (PEN) |
| Sockets | CE50 Hz | ABC220 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1 | UTC-5 |
| Emergency number | Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15 | 111 or 911 |
| Elevation | 74 m | 154 m |
| Main airport | Al Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinations | Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 16 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Agadir | Lima |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 538,000 | 9,943,800 |
| People per km² | - | 3,721 |
| Museums within 10 km | 1 | 47 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 2 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 2 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Agadir or Lima somewhere new.