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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Agadir or Ushuaia?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Agadir leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Ushuaia 40: Agadir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir and Ushuaia are level on 22.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Ushuaia 18: Agadir leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Ushuaia 14: Agadir leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Ushuaia 40: Agadir leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Agadir and Ushuaia are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Ushuaia 22: Agadir leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Ushuaia 42: Agadir leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Ushuaia 10: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Ushuaia 26: Agadir leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgadirUshuaia

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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirUshuaia
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15117 or 911
Elevation74 m23 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirUshuaia
City population538,00082,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.