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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. Cairo 10, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Cairo and Casablanca are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Casablanca 52: Cairo leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Casablanca 44: Cairo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Casablanca 33: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Casablanca 55: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Casablanca 38: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Casablanca 42: Casablanca leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Casablanca 50: Cairo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Casablanca 68: Cairo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Casablanca 38: Cairo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo 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

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 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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CairoCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoCasablanca
Official languageArabicArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation23 m115 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoCasablanca
City population9,801,5363,215,935
People per km²18,5648,375
Museums within 10 km483
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.