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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Agadir or Macau?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Agadir leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Macau 77: Macau leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Macau 62: Macau leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Macau 40: Macau leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Macau 5: Agadir leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Macau 52: Macau leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Macau 48: Agadir leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Macau 60: Macau leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Macau 58: Macau leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Macau 44: Agadir leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Macau 36: Macau leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Macau 40: Agadir leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Macau.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Macau
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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirMacau
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCE50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15999
Elevation74 m22 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirMacau
City population538,000682,100
People per km²-5,916
Museums within 10 km128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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.