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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Porto?

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
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Porto for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Porto 70: Porto leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Porto 68: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Porto 65: Porto leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Porto 64: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Porto 79: Porto leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Porto 52: Porto leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Porto 66: Porto leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Porto 52: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Porto 62: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Porto 52: Porto leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Porto 34: Marrakech leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Porto.

Your match

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

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarrakechPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechPorto
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation465 m104 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechPorto
City population1,002,697273,476
People per km²4,3606,606
Museums within 10 km1442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.