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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Agadir or Sapporo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Agadir leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Sapporo 60: Agadir leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Agadir
47match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirSapporo
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightJapanese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 110, fire 119
Elevation74 m5 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirSapporo
City population538,0001,959,313
People per km²-1,747
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.