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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Medellin?

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 Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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. Marrakech 7, Medellin 5: Marrakech leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Medellin 58: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Medellin 42: Marrakech leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Medellin 66: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Medellin 50: Medellin leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Medellin 55: Medellin leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Medellin 45: Marrakech leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Medellin 30: Marrakech leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Medellin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Medellin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechMedellin
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCE50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15123
Elevation465 m1,405 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechMedellin
City population1,002,6972,529,403
People per km²4,3606,644
Museums within 10 km1414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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.