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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Ocho Rios?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Ocho Rios for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocho Rios’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, Ocho Rios 78: Ocho Rios leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Ocho Rios 42: Marrakech leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Ocho Rios 16: Marrakech leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Ocho Rios 28: Marrakech leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Ocho Rios 72: Ocho Rios leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Ocho Rios 56: Ocho Rios leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Ocho Rios 60: Ocho Rios leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Ocho Rios 24: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Ocho Rios 26: Marrakech leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Ocho Rios 42: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Ocho Rios 14: Marrakech leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Ocho Rios 50: Marrakech leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Ocho Rios.

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.

Ocho Rios
42match

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

Ocho Rios in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 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

Ocho Rios's temperatures are measured 62 km from the centre, at Kingston / Norman Manley.

Ocho Rios 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). Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechOcho Rios
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 m59 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechOcho Rios
City population1,002,69716,671
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.