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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Marrakech or Victoria Falls?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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 and Victoria Falls are level on 7.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Victoria Falls 24: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Victoria Falls 12: Marrakech leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Victoria Falls 8: Marrakech leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Victoria Falls 22: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Victoria Falls 38: Victoria Falls leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Victoria Falls 18: Marrakech leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Victoria Falls 32: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Victoria Falls 10: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Victoria Falls 34: Marrakech leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Victoria Falls.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarrakechVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechVictoria Falls
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCE50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15999
Elevation465 m961 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechVictoria Falls
City population1,002,69733,060
People per km²4,360-
Museums within 10 km142
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. 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.