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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • beaches

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. Beijing 6, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Casablanca 60: Beijing leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Casablanca 52: Beijing leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Casablanca 44: Beijing leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Casablanca 33: Beijing leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Casablanca 55: Beijing leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Casablanca 38: Beijing leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Casablanca 42: Beijing leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Casablanca 50: Beijing leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Beijing and Casablanca are level on 68.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Casablanca 38: Beijing leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Casablanca 52: Beijing leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Casablanca.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 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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BeijingCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingCasablanca
Official languagePutonghuaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation43 m115 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingCasablanca
City population21,893,0953,215,935
People per km²1,3348,375
Museums within 10 km833
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.