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Rozenhoedkaai and the Belfry, Bruges
BrugesRozenhoedkaai and the Belfry
The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud

Photos: Bruges by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bruges 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 Bruges for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Fes for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Bruges 28, Fes 5: Bruges leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Bruges 56, Fes 62: Fes leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bruges 75, Fes 80: Fes leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Bruges 27, Fes 12: Bruges leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bruges 40, Fes 52: Fes leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bruges 85, Fes 62: Bruges leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bruges 54, Fes 22: Bruges leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Bruges 78, Fes 40: Bruges leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bruges 45, Fes 68: Fes leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bruges 36, Fes 80: Fes leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bruges 40, Fes 32: Bruges leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bruges 40, Fes 70: Fes leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bruges 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

Bruges
50match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Fes
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bruges in July

21 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Fes in July

36 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Bruges 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.

Bruges's sunshine is measured 37 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Bruges: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zeebrugge / Zeemanshaard (15.8 km from centre). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrugesFes
Official languageFrench, German, DutchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2 m408 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)94 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrugesFes
City population118,5091,167,842
People per km²8403,650
Museums within 10 km382
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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.