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The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Fes or Rotterdam?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Rotterdam leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Fes 62, Rotterdam 52: Fes leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fes 80, Rotterdam 58: Fes leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Fes 12, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fes 52, Rotterdam 44: Fes leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Fes 62, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Fes 22, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Fes 40, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Fes 68, Rotterdam 55: Fes leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fes 80, Rotterdam 38: Fes leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fes 32, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fes 70, Rotterdam 42: Fes leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fes and Rotterdam.

Your match

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

Fes
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on families 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.

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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFesRotterdam
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightDutch
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 m10 m
Main airportFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFesRotterdam
City population1,167,842664,311
People per km²3,6502,080
Museums within 10 km240
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.