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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agadir or Mombasa?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Mombasa 45: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Mombasa 45: Agadir leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Mombasa 30: Agadir leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Mombasa 35: Agadir leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Agadir and Mombasa are level on 70.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Mombasa 22: Mombasa leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Mombasa 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 Mombasa.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Agadir
47match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirMombasa
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation74 m50 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirMombasa
City population538,0001,208,333
People per km²-4,100
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.