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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

AlUla 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 AlUla for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. AlUla 3, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Casablanca 60: Casablanca leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Casablanca 52: AlUla leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Casablanca 44: Casablanca leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Casablanca 33: AlUla leads by 39 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Casablanca 55: Casablanca leads by 35 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Casablanca 38: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Casablanca 42: Casablanca leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 35 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Casablanca 38: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Casablanca.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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AlUlaCasablanca

Where the figures come from

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaCasablanca
Official languageArabicArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1
Emergency number112 or 911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation692 m115 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaCasablanca
City population32,4133,215,935
People per km²-8,375
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.