Marrakesh
City in Morocco: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Djemaa el Fna, evening: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Marrakesh is a city in Morocco, in Marrakesh-Safi. About 995,871 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Morocco in our atlas.
It lies at 31.63° N, 8.00° W, about 457 m (1,499 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Casablanca time zone.
Location
Red dot: Marrakesh. Green dots: other major cities of Morocco. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Marrakesh has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 38°C (100°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 4°C (39°F). Around 291 mm (11 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MoroccoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Agadir · 202 km
- Casablanca · 220 km
- Rabat · 286 km
- Salé · 292 km
- Kenitra · 321 km
- Meknes · 342 km
- Fes · 389 km
- Tétouan · 504 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2542997 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q101625 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Djemaa el Fna, evening: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MoroccoMarrakech DjemaaElFna.: Dániel Csörföly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Le jardin des majorelle 16: Viault, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jardins de la Ménara: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bahia Palace large court: Val Traveler, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Marrakech, Agdal Gardens, 2007-08-01 retouched: Marrakech,_Agdal_Gardens,_2007-08-01.jpg: Patrice derivative work: Teofilo (talk), CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo de Marrakech 06: Yastay, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dar Si Said 1465: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
