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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Tirana?

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

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tirana for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Tirana 57: Marrakech leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Tirana 42: Marrakech leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Tirana 62: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Tirana 40: Tirana leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Tirana 32: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Tirana 27: Marrakech leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Tirana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechTirana
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightAlbanian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCE50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation465 m110 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechTirana
City population1,002,697389,323
People per km²4,3609,314
Museums within 10 km1411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.