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Quito vs Marrakesh

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Comparing Quito change · Marrakesh change

Bottom line

Marrakesh is the warmer of the two — about 4°F on the annual average; Quito is the wetter, with 111 in more rain a year, and Marrakesh the sunnier.

Warmer Marrakesh 4°F on the year

Wetter Quito 111 in more a year

Sunnier Marrakesh 47 pp less cloud

Colder winters Marrakesh 14°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Quito and Marrakesh, in everyday terms.

Summers

Marrakesh has far hotter summers

Quito: Mild
Marrakesh: Very hot

Winters

Quito has much milder winters

Quito: Mild
Marrakesh: Cool

Rain & snow

Quito is much wetter

Quito: Very wet
Marrakesh: Very dry

Sky

Marrakesh is far sunnier

Quito: Often grey
Marrakesh: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Marrakesh is the warmer of the two — about 4°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Quito is the wetter — about 111 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Marrakesh has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Marrakesh runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	76	74	73	72
Marrakesh	67	70	75	78	85	93	100	99	91	83	74	68
Difference	-5	-2	+3	+6	+12	+18	+24	+23	+14	+9	+1	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	72	71	72	73	74	75
Marrakesh	67	70	75	78	85	93
Difference	-5	-2	+3	+6	+12	+18

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	76	77	76	74	73	72
Marrakesh	100	99	91	83	74	68
Difference	+24	+23	+14	+9	+1	-4

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55	54	54	55	56	56	56
Marrakesh	43	46	51	54	59	64	69	70	66	60	51	45
Difference	-14	-11	-7	-3	+2	+9	+15	+16	+11	+5	-5	-11

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	56	57	58	58	57	55
Marrakesh	43	46	51	54	59	64
Difference	-14	-11	-7	-3	+2	+9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	54	54	55	56	56	56
Marrakesh	69	70	66	60	51	45
Difference	+15	+16	+11	+5	-5	-11

Precipitation (in) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Marrakesh	0.9	1.1	1	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.9
Difference	-10.6	-10	-12.1	-11.7	-10.2	-6.4	-4.6	-4.9	-8	-10.6	-10.8	-11.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	11.6	11.1	13.1	13	10.6	6.6
Marrakesh	0.9	1.1	1	1.2	0.4	0.1
Difference	-10.6	-10	-12.1	-11.7	-10.2	-6.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	5	5.1	8.6	11.2	11.9	12.2
Marrakesh	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.9
Difference	-4.6	-4.9	-8	-10.6	-10.8	-11.3

Cloud cover (%) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75	72	71	75	81	81	81
Marrakesh	37	39	39	39	36	22	20	26	30	37	36	37
Difference	-45	-46	-48	-46	-45	-54	-51	-45	-46	-44	-46	-44

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	81	84	88	85	81	75
Marrakesh	37	39	39	39	36	22
Difference	-45	-46	-48	-46	-45	-54

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	72	71	75	81	81	81
Marrakesh	20	26	30	37	36	37
Difference	-51	-45	-46	-44	-46	-44

Relative humidity (%) Quito runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81	78	75	76	80	82	84
Marrakesh	59	58	56	56	50	43	32	34	45	50	54	59
Difference	-28	-29	-30	-30	-34	-38	-45	-41	-32	-31	-27	-25

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Quito	86	87	87	86	84	81
Marrakesh	59	58	56	56	50	43
Difference	-28	-29	-30	-30	-34	-38

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Quito	78	75	76	80	82	84
Marrakesh	32	34	45	50	54	59
Difference	-45	-41	-32	-31	-27	-25

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Quito trends → · Marrakesh trends →

Methodology & sources

Quito

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Marrakesh

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Menara, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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