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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Myrtle Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Myrtle Beach 38: Marrakech leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Myrtle Beach 20: Marrakech leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Myrtle Beach 46: Marrakech leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Myrtle Beach 50: Myrtle Beach leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Myrtle Beach 18: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Myrtle Beach 38: Marrakech leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Myrtle Beach 52: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Myrtle Beach 28: Marrakech leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarrakechMyrtle Beach

Where the figures come from

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechMyrtle Beach
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation465 m8 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechMyrtle Beach
City population1,002,69735,682
People per km²4,360591
Museums within 10 km142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.