A medical image display apparatus includes: a touch screen that displays a medical image and detects a touch position touched by a user; and a hardware processor that controls to display a marker on the medical image at a position separated from the touch position detected on the touch screen by a separation distance, wherein the hardware processor sets a reference point on the medical image, calculates a rotation angle of the touch position with respect to the reference point as a center, sets a position separated from the touch position by the separation distance in a direction corresponding to the rotation angle as a trace position, and controls to display the marker at the trace position.