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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Punta del Este

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Punta del Este?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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, Punta del Este 72: Punta del Este leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Punta del Este 45: Marrakech leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Punta del Este 22: Marrakech leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Punta del Este 55: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Punta del Este 45: Punta del Este leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Punta del Este 55: Punta del Este leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Punta del Este 35: Marrakech leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Punta del Este 42: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Punta del Este 20: Marrakech leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Punta del Este 22: Marrakech leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Punta del Este 32: Marrakech leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Punta del Este.

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 prices with your weighting.

Punta del Este
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

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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). Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechPunta del Este
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCE50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation465 m11 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechPunta del Este
City population1,002,6979,277
People per km²4,360455
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.