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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Limassol 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 Limassol for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Limassol 77, Marrakech 7: Limassol leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Marrakech 33: Limassol leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Marrakech 28: Limassol leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Marrakech 25: Limassol leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Limassol and Marrakech are level on 38.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Marrakech 25: Limassol leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Limassol in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 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

Limassol 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.

Limassol's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolMarrakech
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m465 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolMarrakech
City population107,9701,002,697
People per km²2,4054,360
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months-

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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. 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.