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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Negril?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’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, Negril 93: Negril leads by 86 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Negril 36: Marrakech leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Negril 8: Marrakech leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Negril 40: Negril leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Negril 60: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Negril 35: Negril leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Negril 45: Negril leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Negril 30: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Negril 15: Marrakech leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Negril 44: Marrakech leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Negril 33: Negril leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Negril 52: Marrakech leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Negril.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Negril
41match

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

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril 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). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechNegril
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation465 m10 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechNegril
City population1,002,6974,500
People per km²4,360-
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.