Marrakesh or Tokyo: which climate?
Marrakesh (Morocco) has a hot semi-arid climate, whereas Tokyo (Japan) has a humid subtropical 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 Tokyo.
Marrakesh is warmer than Tokyo by 3.4 °C in annual average: 18.7 °C against 15.3 °C.
Tokyo gets more rain than Marrakesh: 1,376 mm per year against 289 mm.
Marrakesh gets 11.0 hours of sunshine per day on average, against 8.2 hours in Tokyo.
Marrakesh and Tokyo are warming at the same rate: about +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025 on both sides.
Marrakesh averages 114 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 1 frost days per year; Tokyo averages 36 and 34.
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 | Tokyo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily temperature | 18.7 °C | 15.3 °C | -3.4 °C |
| Average daily high | 25.7 °C | 19.1 °C | -6.6 °C |
| Average daily low | 12.5 °C | 12.0 °C | -0.5 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 289 mm | 1,376 mm | +1,087 mm |
| Sunshine / day | 11.0 h | 8.2 h | -2.8 h |
| Hot days (≥ 30 °C) | 114 d/yr | 36 d/yr | -78 d/yr |
| Frost days (< 0 °C) | 1 d/yr | 34 d/yr | +33 d/yr |
| Rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 54 d/yr | 134 d/yr | +80 d/yr |
| Mean relative humidity | 62 % | 74 % | +12 % |
| Average peak wind | 13.7 km/h | 19.9 km/h | +6.2 km/h |
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.