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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Melbourne by Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Melbourne?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Melbourne for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Melbourne’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, Melbourne 50: Melbourne leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Melbourne 57: Marrakech leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech and Melbourne are level on 70.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Melbourne 62: Melbourne leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Melbourne 73: Melbourne leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Melbourne 76: Melbourne leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Melbourne 70: Marrakech leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Melbourne 31: Marrakech leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Melbourne 72: Melbourne leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Melbourne 54: Marrakech leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Melbourne.

Your match

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

Marrakech
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Melbourne
Best match
64match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarrakechMelbourne

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechMelbourne
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15000
Elevation465 m31 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechMelbourne
City population1,002,6975,350,705
People per km²4,360535
Museums within 10 km1443
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.