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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agadir or Mendoza?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Agadir leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Mendoza 30: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Mendoza 52: Mendoza leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Mendoza 42: Agadir leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Mendoza 33: Agadir leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Mendoza 56: Agadir leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Mendoza 55: Agadir leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Mendoza.

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.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirMendoza
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15117 or 911
Elevation74 m769 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirMendoza
City population538,000127,160
People per km²-2,355
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.