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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Granada 38, Marrakech 7: Granada leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Marrakech 76: Granada leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Marrakech 33: Granada leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Marrakech 70: Granada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Marrakech 28: Granada leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Marrakech 25: Granada leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Marrakech 38: Granada leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Marrakech 25: Granada leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

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

Marrakech
49match

Wins on shopping 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.

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 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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GranadaMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaMarrakech
Official languageSpanishArabic, 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
Elevation693 m465 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaMarrakech
City population233,9751,002,697
People per km²2,6594,360
Museums within 10 km2014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.