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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

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

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Geneva 45, Marrakech 7: Geneva leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Marrakech 33: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Marrakech 70: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Marrakech 28: Geneva leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Marrakech 25: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Marrakech 38: Geneva leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Marrakech 25: Geneva leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaMarrakech
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation403 m465 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaMarrakech
City population211,1521,002,697
People per km²13,2804,360
Museums within 10 km3414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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.