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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manila 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 Manila for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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. Manila 12, Marrakech 7: Manila leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Manila and Marrakech are level on 64.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Marrakech 33: Manila leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Marrakech 28: Manila leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Marrakech 25: Manila leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Marrakech 72: Manila leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Marrakech 25: Manila leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Manila
48match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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.

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaMarrakech
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation9 m465 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaMarrakech
City population1,902,5901,002,697
People per km²76,1044,360
Museums within 10 km2714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.