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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Essaouira or Ushuaia?

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 Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Essaouira leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Ushuaia 40: Essaouira leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Ushuaia 22: Essaouira leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Ushuaia 18: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Ushuaia 14: Essaouira leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Ushuaia 40: Essaouira leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Ushuaia 45: Essaouira leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Ushuaia 22: Essaouira leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Ushuaia 42: Essaouira leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Ushuaia 10: Essaouira leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Ushuaia 26: Essaouira leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Essaouira
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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EssaouiraUshuaia

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. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraUshuaia
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15117 or 911
Elevation11 m23 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraUshuaia
City population82,96282,615
People per km²16,5923,592
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.