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The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fes or Jaipur?

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 Fes for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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. Fes 5, Jaipur 3: Fes leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Fes 62, Jaipur 66: Jaipur leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Fes and Jaipur are level on 80.
Nightlife. Fes 12, Jaipur 25: Jaipur leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fes 52, Jaipur 38: Fes leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Fes 62, Jaipur 55: Fes leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Fes 22, Jaipur 25: Jaipur leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Fes 40, Jaipur 30: Fes leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fes 68, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Fes 80, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fes 32, Jaipur 35: Jaipur leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fes 70, Jaipur 28: Fes leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fes and Jaipur.

Your match

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

Fes
Best match
49match

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

Jaipur
46match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Fes in July

36 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FesJaipur

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.

Jaipur 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. Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFesJaipur
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightHindi, English
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15108 or 112
Elevation408 m431 m
Main airportFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFesJaipur
City population1,167,8423,073,350
People per km²3,650-
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.