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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marrakech or West Palm Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, West Palm Beach 52: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, West Palm Beach 42: Marrakech leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, West Palm Beach 36: West Palm Beach leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, West Palm Beach 58: Marrakech leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Marrakech and West Palm Beach are level on 38.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, West Palm Beach 64: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, West Palm Beach 23: Marrakech leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, West Palm Beach 44: Marrakech leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Marrakech
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
50match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarrakechWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechWest Palm Beach
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation465 m6 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechWest Palm Beach
City population1,002,697117,415
People per km²4,360786
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.