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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. Los Angeles 60, Marrakech 7: Los Angeles leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Marrakech 64: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Marrakech 33: Los Angeles leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Marrakech 70: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Marrakech 28: Los Angeles leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Marrakech 25: Los Angeles leads by 59 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Marrakech 72: Los Angeles leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Marrakech 25: Los Angeles leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Los AngelesMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesMarrakech
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation106 m465 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesMarrakech
City population3,898,7471,002,697
People per km²2,9944,360
Museums within 10 km3914
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.