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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • 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. Bordeaux and Casablanca are level on 50.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Casablanca 60: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Casablanca 52: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Casablanca 44: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Casablanca 33: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Casablanca 55: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Casablanca 38: Bordeaux leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Casablanca 42: Bordeaux leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Casablanca 50: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Casablanca 38: Bordeaux leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 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: Bordeaux and Casablanca.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxCasablanca
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
Elevation1 m115 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxCasablanca
City population267,9913,215,935
People per km²5,4258,375
Museums within 10 km183
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.