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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Puerto Princesa?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Puerto Princesa 38: Marrakech leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Puerto Princesa 22: Marrakech leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Puerto Princesa 26: Marrakech leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Puerto Princesa 12: Marrakech leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Puerto Princesa 45: Puerto Princesa leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Puerto Princesa 30: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Puerto Princesa 20: Marrakech leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Puerto Princesa 10: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Puerto Princesa 40: Marrakech leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Puerto Princesa.

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.

Puerto Princesa
38match

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

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarrakechPuerto Princesa

Where the figures come from

Puerto Princesa has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechPuerto Princesa
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCE50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation465 m98 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechPuerto Princesa
City population1,002,697316,384
People per km²4,360133
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.