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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Honolulu 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 Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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. Honolulu 91, Marrakech 7: Honolulu leads by 84 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Marrakech 64: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Marrakech 33: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Marrakech 70: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Marrakech 28: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Marrakech 25: Honolulu leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Marrakech 38: Honolulu leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Marrakech 25: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 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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HonoluluMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluMarrakech
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation12 m465 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluMarrakech
City population350,9641,002,697
People per km²1,9814,360
Museums within 10 km1214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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.