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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License.

Como 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 Como for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Essaouira for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Como 36, Essaouira 47: Essaouira leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Essaouira 44: Como leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Essaouira 48: Como leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Essaouira 14: Como leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Essaouira 57: Como leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Essaouira 17: Como leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Essaouira 42: Como leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Essaouira 58: Como leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Essaouira 44: Essaouira leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Essaouira 74: Essaouira leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Essaouira 28: Como leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Essaouira 66: Essaouira leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Essaouira.

Your match

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

Como
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Essaouira
45match

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.

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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ComoEssaouira

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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoEssaouira
Official languageItalianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation201 m11 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoEssaouira
City population83,18482,962
People per km²2,24216,592
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km81
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.