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The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fes or Nuremberg?

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

  • prices
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Nuremberg leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Fes 62, Nuremberg 53: Fes leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Fes 80, Nuremberg 69: Fes leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Fes 12, Nuremberg 40: Nuremberg leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fes 52, Nuremberg 56: Nuremberg leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fes 62, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Fes 22, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Fes 40, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Fes 68, Nuremberg 45: Fes leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Fes 80, Nuremberg 50: Fes leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fes 32, Nuremberg 52: Nuremberg leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fes 70, Nuremberg 47: Fes leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fes and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Fes
49match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFesNuremberg
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightGerman
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation408 m209 m
Main airportFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFesNuremberg
City population1,167,842531,159
People per km²3,6502,848
Museums within 10 km250
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.