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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Essaouira or Turin?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Essaouira leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Turin 81: Turin leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Turin 78: Turin leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Turin 50: Turin leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Turin 80: Turin leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Turin 84: Turin leads by 67 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Turin 57: Turin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Turin 68: Turin leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Turin 58: Turin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Turin 58: Essaouira leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Turin 65: Turin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Turin 40: Essaouira leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Turin.

Your match

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

Essaouira
45match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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.

Turin 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. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraTurin
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 m239 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraTurin
City population82,962841,600
People per km²16,5926,474
Museums within 10 km272
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.