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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baden-Baden or Fes?

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 Baden-Baden for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Fes for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Fes’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. Baden-Baden 8, Fes 5: Baden-Baden leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Fes 62: Fes leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Fes 80: Fes leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Fes 12: Baden-Baden leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Fes 52: Baden-Baden leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Fes 62: Baden-Baden leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Fes 22: Baden-Baden leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Fes 40: Baden-Baden leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Fes 68: Fes leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Fes 80: Fes leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Fes 32: Baden-Baden leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Fes 70: Baden-Baden leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Fes.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Baden-Baden
50match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Fes
49match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Fes in July

36 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Fes's station stands 171 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Fes 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.

Fes's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Meknes.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenFes
Official languageGermanArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation181 m408 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenFes
City population56,9521,167,842
People per km²4063,650
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.