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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Agadir or Washington DC?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Agadir leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Washington DC 64: Agadir leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Washington DC 28: Agadir leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

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.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirWashington DC
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 m72 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirWashington DC
City population538,000689,545
People per km²-3,896
Museums within 10 km198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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.