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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Agadir or Seoul?

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 Seoul for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Agadir leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Seoul 50: Agadir leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Seoul.

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.

Seoul
Best match
71match

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
No recordsunshine a day
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirSeoul
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Won (KRW)
SocketsCE50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation74 m38 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirSeoul
City population538,0009,668,465
People per km²-15,973
Museums within 10 km181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.