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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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. Florianopolis 85, Marrakech 7: Florianopolis leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Marrakech 33: Florianopolis leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Marrakech 70: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Marrakech 28: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Marrakech 25: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Marrakech 25: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

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.

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisMarrakech
Official languagePortugueseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCN60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation3 m465 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisMarrakech
City population587,4861,002,697
People per km²8704,360
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.