🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇲🇦 Morocco
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 5 votes.
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on getting around. Morocco leads on value for money, nature and cities.
A normal day costs about $180 in United Arab Emirates and $80 in Morocco.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇲🇦 Morocco
- Nov to MarBest monthsMar to May, Sep to Oct
- $180A normal day$80
- 7h to DubaiNonstop from London3h 40m to Marrakesh
- GoodBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodVery good
- Not the drawNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundGood trains along the coast, a driver for the mountains and the desert
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidMarrakesh and the desert in July and August, when it passes 45C
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇲🇦 Choose Morocco if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely far away on a three hour flight from Europe, with mountains, desert and old cities in one trip.
Full United Arab Emirates guide →Full Morocco guide →
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.