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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Avignon 22, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Casablanca 60: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Casablanca 52: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Casablanca 44: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Casablanca 33: Avignon leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Casablanca 55: Avignon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Casablanca 38: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Casablanca 42: Avignon leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Casablanca 38: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Casablanca.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonCasablanca
Official languageFrenchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m115 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonCasablanca
City population92,1883,215,935
People per km²1,4208,375
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
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). 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. 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. 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.