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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Da Nang 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 Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Da Nang’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. Da Nang 80, Marrakech 7: Da Nang leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Marrakech 64: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Marrakech 33: Da Nang leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Marrakech 70: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Marrakech 28: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Marrakech 25: Da Nang leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Da Nang and Marrakech are level on 38.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Marrakech 72: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Marrakech 25: Marrakech leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangMarrakech
Official languageVietnameseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyDong (VND)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation19 m465 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangMarrakech
City population2,819,9001,002,697
People per km²2384,360
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.