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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • wellness

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. Antibes 80, Marrakech 7: Antibes leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Marrakech 33: Antibes leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes and Marrakech are level on 70.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Marrakech 28: Antibes leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Marrakech 25: Antibes leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Marrakech 38: Antibes leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Marrakech 25: Antibes leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Antibes
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesMarrakech
Official languageFrenchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation0 m465 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesMarrakech
City population77,6371,002,697
People per km²2,9304,360
Museums within 10 km1414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.