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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Marrakech?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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. Acapulco 80, Marrakech 7: Acapulco leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Marrakech 33: Acapulco leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Marrakech 28: Marrakech leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Marrakech 25: Acapulco leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Marrakech 72: Acapulco leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Marrakech 25: Acapulco leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoMarrakech
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation18 m465 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoMarrakech
City population658,6091,002,697
People per km²3504,360
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.