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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa 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 Arequipa for

  • getting around
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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. Arequipa 8, Marrakech 7: Arequipa leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Marrakech 64: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Marrakech 33: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Marrakech 70: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Marrakech 28: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Marrakech 25: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Marrakech 38: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Marrakech 72: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Marrakech 25: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness 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.

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 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

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMarrakech
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySol (PEN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1
Emergency number111 or 911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2,335 m465 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMarrakech
City population1,008,2901,002,697
People per km²1,5514,360
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.