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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Marrakech 7: Dubrovnik leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Marrakech 33: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik and Marrakech are level on 70.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Marrakech 28: Dubrovnik leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Marrakech 25: Dubrovnik leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Marrakech 38: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik and Marrakech are level on 25.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikMarrakech
Official languageCroatianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m465 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikMarrakech
City population41,5621,002,697
People per km²-4,360
Museums within 10 km714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.