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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cannes 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 Cannes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Cannes 80, Marrakech 7: Cannes leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Marrakech 33: Cannes leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Marrakech 70: Cannes leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Marrakech 28: Cannes leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Marrakech 25: Cannes leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Marrakech 38: Cannes leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Marrakech 25: Cannes leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cannes in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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CannesMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesMarrakech
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)20 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

MeasureCannesMarrakech
City population74,3501,002,697
People per km²3,7934,360
Museums within 10 km1614
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.