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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Marrakech or Valparaiso?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Valparaiso 50: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Valparaiso 62: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Valparaiso 60: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Valparaiso 33: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Valparaiso 30: Marrakech leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Valparaiso 60: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Valparaiso 18: Marrakech leads by 57 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on day trips 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechValparaiso
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCE50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation465 m21 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechValparaiso
City population1,002,697296,655
People per km²4,3606,180
Museums within 10 km1417
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. 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.