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The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

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

Guadalajara 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 Guadalajara for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Guadalajara 5, Marrakech 7: Marrakech leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Marrakech 64: Guadalajara leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Marrakech 33: Guadalajara leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Marrakech 28: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Marrakech 25: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Marrakech 38: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Marrakech 72: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Marrakech 25: Guadalajara leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 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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Where the figures come from

Guadalajara has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraMarrakech
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation1,536 m465 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraMarrakech
City population1,385,6211,002,697
People per km²9,5564,360
Museums within 10 km1714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.