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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Marrakech for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

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. Alta, Utah 3, Marrakech 7: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 71 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Marrakech 70: Alta, Utah leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Marrakech 28: Alta, Utah leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Marrakech 25: Alta, Utah leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 68 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Marrakech 25: Marrakech leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahMarrakech
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2,610 m465 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahMarrakech
City population2281,002,697
People per km²194,360
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.