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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Riga?

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

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Riga for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’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, Riga 40: Riga leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Riga 52: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Riga 66: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Riga 52: Riga leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Riga 55: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Riga 60: Riga leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Riga 50: Riga leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Riga 68: Riga leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Riga 45: Marrakech leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Riga 62: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Riga 65: Riga leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Riga 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 Riga.

Your match

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

Marrakech
49match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechRiga
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightLatvian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation465 m6 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechRiga
City population1,002,697588,911
People per km²4,360-
Museums within 10 km1412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.