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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Gdansk 40, Marrakech 7: Gdansk leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Marrakech 33: Gdansk leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Marrakech 28: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Marrakech 25: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Marrakech 38: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Marrakech 25: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness 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.

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMarrakech
Official languagePolishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation11 m465 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMarrakech
City population487,8341,002,697
People per km²7144,360
Museums within 10 km3414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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.