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The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Fes or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Macau for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Macau leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Fes 62, Macau 77: Macau leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fes 80, Macau 62: Fes leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Fes 12, Macau 40: Macau leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fes 52, Macau 5: Fes leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Fes 62, Macau 52: Fes leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Fes 22, Macau 48: Macau leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Fes 40, Macau 60: Macau leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Fes 68, Macau 58: Fes leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fes 80, Macau 44: Fes leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fes 32, Macau 36: Macau leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fes 70, Macau 40: Fes leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fes and Macau.

Your match

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

Fes
Best match
49match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on nightlife and families 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFesMacau
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCE50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15999
Elevation408 m22 m
Main airportFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFesMacau
City population1,167,842682,100
People per km²3,6505,916
Museums within 10 km228
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.