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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Montreal?

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 Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Montreal 60: Marrakech leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Montreal 66: Marrakech leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Montreal 60: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Montreal 45: Marrakech leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Montreal 57: Marrakech leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechMontreal
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightFrench, English
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation465 m31 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechMontreal
City population1,002,6971,895,211
People per km²4,3603,806
Museums within 10 km1437
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.