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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • day trips
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • 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. Belfast 20, Marrakech 7: Belfast leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Marrakech 33: Belfast leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Marrakech 70: Belfast leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Marrakech 28: Belfast leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Marrakech 25: Belfast leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Marrakech 38: Belfast leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Marrakech 25: Belfast leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belfast
51match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Marrakech
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.

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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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BelfastMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastMarrakech
Official languageEnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112 or 999Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation3 m465 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastMarrakech
City population345,0061,002,697
People per km²3,0004,360
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.