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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Alicante or Casablanca?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alicante for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Alicante’s own page.

Choose Casablanca for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Casablanca’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alicante 82, Casablanca 50: Alicante leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Casablanca 60: Alicante leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Casablanca 44: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Casablanca 33: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Casablanca 55: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Casablanca 38: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Casablanca 42: Alicante leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Casablanca 38: Casablanca leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Casablanca.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Casablanca
49match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Casablanca in July

26 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteCasablanca
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation3 m115 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteCasablanca
City population366,2213,215,935
People per km²1,8198,375
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.