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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Sedona?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Sedona for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Sedona 33: Marrakech leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Sedona 20: Marrakech leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Sedona 8: Marrakech leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Sedona 22: Marrakech leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Sedona 34: Marrakech leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Sedona 18: Marrakech leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Sedona 13: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Sedona.

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.

Sedona
36match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarrakechSedona

Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechSedona
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation465 m1,319 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechSedona
City population1,002,6979,684
People per km²4,360195
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.