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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche 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 Bariloche for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Bariloche 27, Marrakech 7: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche and Marrakech are level on 33.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Marrakech 70: Bariloche leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Marrakech 28: Bariloche leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Marrakech 25: Bariloche leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Marrakech 38: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Marrakech 25: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 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: Bariloche and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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.

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 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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BarilocheMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheMarrakech
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency number117 or 911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation794 m465 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheMarrakech
City population136,3811,002,697
People per km²6194,360
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.