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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Galway 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 Galway for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Galway 28, Marrakech 7: Galway leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Marrakech 33: Galway leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Marrakech 70: Galway leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Marrakech 28: Galway leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Marrakech 25: Galway leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Marrakech 38: Galway leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Marrakech 25: Galway leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness 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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayMarrakech
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation25 m465 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayMarrakech
City population83,4561,002,697
People per km²1,5634,360
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.