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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Boston 35, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Casablanca 60: Boston leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Casablanca 52: Boston leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Casablanca 44: Boston leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Casablanca 33: Boston leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Casablanca 55: Boston leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Casablanca 38: Boston leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Casablanca 42: Boston leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Casablanca 50: Boston leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Casablanca 38: Boston leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Casablanca.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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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BostonCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonCasablanca
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation43 m115 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonCasablanca
City population675,6473,215,935
People per km²2,9108,375
Museums within 10 km513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.