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The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Fes or Washington DC?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Fes 62, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fes 80, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Fes 12, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fes 52, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Fes 62, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Fes 22, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 51 points.
Getting around. Fes 40, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Fes 68, Washington DC 52: Fes leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Fes 80, Washington DC 28: Fes leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fes 32, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fes 70, Washington DC 26: Fes leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fes and Washington DC.

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.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FesWashington DC

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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFesWashington DC
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation408 m72 m
Main airportFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFesWashington DC
City population1,167,842689,545
People per km²3,6503,896
Museums within 10 km298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.