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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Essaouira or Naples?

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 Essaouira for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Naples for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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. Essaouira 47, Naples 50: Naples leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Naples 83: Naples leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Naples 87: Naples leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Naples 60: Naples leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Naples 77: Naples leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Naples 96: Naples leads by 79 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Naples 45: Naples leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Naples 54: Essaouira leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Naples 60: Naples leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Naples 63: Essaouira leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Naples 66: Naples leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Naples 44: Essaouira leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Naples.

Your match

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

Essaouira
45match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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.

Naples 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraNaples
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightItalian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation11 m17 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraNaples
City population82,962913,462
People per km²16,5927,676
Museums within 10 km265
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.