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The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Marrakech or Zadar?

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

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Marrakech 64, Zadar 45: Marrakech leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Marrakech 76, Zadar 55: Marrakech leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Marrakech 33, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marrakech 70, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Marrakech 28, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Marrakech 25, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Marrakech 38, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Marrakech 72, Zadar 27: Marrakech leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Marrakech 72, Zadar 52: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marrakech 25, Zadar 28: Zadar leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marrakech 75, Zadar 35: Marrakech leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marrakech and Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Marrakech
49match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarrakechZadar
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightCroatian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation465 m5 m
Main airportMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarrakechZadar
City population1,002,69770,779
People per km²4,360-
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.