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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Positano?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Positano 40: Marrakech leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Positano 22: Marrakech leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Positano 22: Marrakech leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Positano 80: Positano leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Positano 88: Positano leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Positano 28: Positano leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Positano 35: Marrakech leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Positano 45: Marrakech leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Positano 10: Marrakech leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Positano 15: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Positano 45: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Positano.

Your match

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

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Positano
42match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechPositano
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightItalian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation465 m142 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechPositano
City population1,002,6973,729
People per km²4,360429
Museums within 10 km1410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.