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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Montevideo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Montevideo 57: Marrakech leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Montevideo 54: Marrakech leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Montevideo 34: Marrakech leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Montevideo 36: Marrakech leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Montevideo 42: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Montevideo 38: Marrakech leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechMontevideo
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCE50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation465 m41 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechMontevideo
City population1,002,6971,302,954
People per km²4,3601,785
Museums within 10 km1436
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. 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.