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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Fes for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • prices

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. Dresden 10, Fes 5: Dresden leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Fes 62: Fes leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Fes 80: Fes leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Fes 12: Dresden leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Fes 52: Dresden leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Fes 62: Dresden leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Fes 22: Dresden leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Fes 40: Dresden leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Fes 68: Fes leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Fes 80: Fes leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Fes 32: Dresden leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Fes 70: Fes leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Fes.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Fes
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenFes
Official languageGermanArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)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
Elevation126 m408 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenFes
City population562,7641,167,842
People per km²1,7133,650
Museums within 10 km702
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.