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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Beijing 6, Marrakech 7: Marrakech leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Marrakech 64: Beijing leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Marrakech 76: Beijing leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Marrakech 33: Beijing leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Marrakech 28: Beijing leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Marrakech 25: Beijing leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Marrakech 38: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing and Marrakech are level on 72.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Marrakech 25: Beijing leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine 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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BeijingMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingMarrakech
Official languagePutonghuaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation43 m465 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingMarrakech
City population21,893,0951,002,697
People per km²1,3344,360
Museums within 10 km8314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

Where else could you go?

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