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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Como 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 Como for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Fes for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Como 36, Fes 5: Como leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Fes 62: Fes leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Fes 80: Fes leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Fes 12: Como leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Fes 52: Como leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Fes 62: Como leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Fes 22: Como leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Fes 40: Como leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Fes 68: Fes leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Fes 80: Fes leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Fes 32: Como leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Fes 70: Fes leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Fes.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Como
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Fes
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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
15 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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoFes
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 m408 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoFes
City population83,1841,167,842
People per km²2,2423,650
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km81

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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.