Agadir
City in Morocco: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Agadir Areal view cropped: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Agadir is a city in Morocco, in Souss-Massa. About 698,310 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Morocco in our atlas.
It lies at 30.42° N, 9.60° W, about 31 m (102 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Casablanca time zone.
Location
Red dot: Agadir. Green dots: other major cities of Morocco. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Agadir has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 36°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (47°F). Around 266 mm (10 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MoroccoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Marrakesh · 204 km
- Casablanca · 400 km
- Rabat · 479 km
- Salé · 484 km
- Kenitra · 515 km
- Meknes · 547 km
- Fes · 595 km
- Tangier · 696 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2561668 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q170525 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Agadir Areal view cropped: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stade-Adrar2019: IDF2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ecole HUS Agadir entrance 2019: Abdeaitali, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Agadir 28.01.2011 15-29-21: Rudko, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
