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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Essaouira for

  • beaches
  • prices

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. Budapest 25, Essaouira 47: Essaouira leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Essaouira 44: Budapest leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Essaouira 48: Budapest leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Essaouira 14: Budapest leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Essaouira 57: Budapest leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Essaouira 17: Budapest leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Essaouira 42: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Essaouira 58: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Essaouira 44: Budapest leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Essaouira 74: Essaouira leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Essaouira 28: Budapest leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Essaouira 66: Budapest leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Essaouira.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

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.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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

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. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestEssaouira
Official languageHungarianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m11 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestEssaouira
City population1,675,77782,962
People per km²3,19116,592
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.