Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.
Agadir or Merida?
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
- wellness
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Agadir’s own page.
Choose Merida for
- culture and sights
- day trips
- live music and the arts
What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’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 Merida.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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
Merida 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). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Agadir | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight | Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya |
| Currency | Moroccan Dirham (MAD) | Mexican Peso (MXN) |
| Sockets | CE50 Hz | AB127 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1 | UTC-6 |
| Emergency number | Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15 | 911 |
| Elevation | 74 m | 12 m |
| Main airport | Al Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinations | Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 9 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Agadir | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 538,000 | 892,363 |
| People per km² | - | 1,010 |
| Museums within 10 km | 1 | 5 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Agadir or Merida somewhere new.