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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

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

Marrakech or Stockholm?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • families
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech and Stockholm are level on 64.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Stockholm 70: Marrakech leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Stockholm 30: Marrakech leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Stockholm 56: Marrakech leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Marrakech
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechStockholm
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSwedish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation465 m22 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechStockholm
City population1,002,697984,748
People per km²4,3605,260
Museums within 10 km14266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.