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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cebu 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 Cebu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cebu’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. Cebu 60, Marrakech 7: Cebu leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Marrakech 33: Cebu leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Marrakech 28: Cebu leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Marrakech 25: Cebu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Marrakech 72: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu and Marrakech are level on 25.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Marrakech
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.

Cebu in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuMarrakech
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation135 m465 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuMarrakech
City population965,3321,002,697
People per km²3,0654,360
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.