Photos: Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Cardiff 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 Cardiff for
- nightlife
- families
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Cardiff’s own page.
Choose Fes for
- wellness
- prices
- 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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cardiff and Fes.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.
Wins on wellness 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.
Cardiff in July
Fes in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Cardiff 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.
Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.
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. Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Cardiff | Fes |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English | Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight |
| Currency | Pound Sterling (GBP) | Moroccan Dirham (MAD) |
| Sockets | G230 V, 50 Hz | CE50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer | UTC+1 |
| Emergency number | 112 or 999 | Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15 |
| Elevation | 41 m | 408 m |
| Main airport | Cardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinations | Fes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 8 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Cardiff | Fes |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 383,536 | 1,167,842 |
| People per km² | 2,734 | 3,650 |
| Museums within 10 km | 9 | 2 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | - |
Where else could you go?
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