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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Agadir or Myrtle Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Myrtle Beach 38: Agadir leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Myrtle Beach 20: Agadir leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Myrtle Beach 46: Agadir leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Myrtle Beach 50: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Myrtle Beach 18: Agadir leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir and Myrtle Beach are level on 38.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Myrtle Beach 52: Agadir leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Myrtle Beach 28: Agadir leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgadirMyrtle Beach

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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirMyrtle Beach
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation74 m8 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirMyrtle Beach
City population538,00035,682
People per km²-591
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.