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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Austin 30, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Casablanca 60: Austin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Casablanca 44: Austin leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Casablanca 33: Austin leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Casablanca 55: Austin leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Casablanca 38: Austin leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Casablanca 42: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Casablanca 38: Austin leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 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: Austin and Casablanca.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Casablanca
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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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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AustinCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinCasablanca
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation149 m115 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinCasablanca
City population961,8553,215,935
People per km²1,2178,375
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.