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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agadir or Whistler?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Agadir leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, Whistler 40: Agadir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, Whistler 20: Agadir leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, Whistler 30: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, Whistler 30: Agadir leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, Whistler 12: Agadir leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, Whistler 15: Agadir leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir and Whistler are level on 60.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and Whistler.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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.

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirWhistler
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightFrench, English
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation74 m670 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirWhistler
City population538,00013,982
People per km²-58
Museums within 10 km11
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. 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.