Marrakesh or Rome: which climate?
Marrakesh (Morocco) has a hot semi-arid climate, whereas Rome (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate, according to the Köppen-Geiger classification.
The values compared here are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme. The same method and the same period apply to Marrakesh and to Rome.
Marrakesh is warmer than Rome by 3.5 °C in annual average: 18.7 °C against 15.2 °C.
Rome gets more rain than Marrakesh: 860 mm per year against 289 mm.
Marrakesh gets 11.0 hours of sunshine per day on average, against 10.0 hours in Rome.
Marrakesh has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, against +2.0 °C in Rome. Marrakesh is therefore warming faster than Rome. Both trends are statistically significant.
Marrakesh averages 114 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 1 frost days per year; Rome averages 43 and 17.
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
| Indicator | Marrakesh | Rome | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily temperature | 18.7 °C | 15.2 °C | -3.5 °C |
| Average daily high | 25.7 °C | 20.1 °C | -5.6 °C |
| Average daily low | 12.5 °C | 10.7 °C | -1.8 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 289 mm | 860 mm | +571 mm |
| Sunshine / day | 11.0 h | 10.0 h | -1.0 h |
| Hot days (≥ 30 °C) | 114 d/yr | 43 d/yr | -71 d/yr |
| Frost days (< 0 °C) | 1 d/yr | 17 d/yr | +16 d/yr |
| Rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 54 d/yr | 107 d/yr | +53 d/yr |
| Mean relative humidity | 62 % | 74 % | +12 % |
| Average peak wind | 13.7 km/h | 13.8 km/h | negligible |
A difference is only reported when it exceeds the resolution of the data. ERA5 is a reanalysis on a grid of about 31 km: two nearby cities often fall in the same cell, and below half a degree you are reading the grid, not the climate.