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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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. Lucerne 35, Marrakech 7: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Marrakech 70: Lucerne leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Marrakech 28: Lucerne leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Marrakech 25: Lucerne leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Marrakech 38: Lucerne leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Marrakech 25: Lucerne leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucerneMarrakech
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation436 m465 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneMarrakech
City population86,2341,002,697
People per km²2,9634,360
Museums within 10 km1414
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). 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.