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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License.

Atlanta or Essaouira?

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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Essaouira for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Essaouira’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. Atlanta 10, Essaouira 47: Essaouira leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Essaouira 44: Atlanta leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Essaouira 48: Atlanta leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Essaouira 14: Atlanta leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Essaouira 57: Atlanta leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Essaouira 17: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Essaouira 42: Atlanta leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Essaouira 58: Essaouira leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Essaouira 44: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Essaouira 74: Essaouira leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Essaouira 28: Atlanta leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Essaouira 66: Essaouira leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Essaouira.

Your match

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

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

Essaouira
45match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AtlantaEssaouira

Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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.

Essaouira 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaEssaouira
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation225 m11 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaEssaouira
City population498,71582,962
People per km²1,43316,592
Museums within 10 km272
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.