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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Calgary 8, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Casablanca 60: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Casablanca 44: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Casablanca 33: Calgary leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Calgary and Casablanca are level on 55.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Casablanca 38: Calgary leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Calgary and Casablanca are level on 42.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Casablanca 38: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Casablanca 52: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Casablanca.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Casablanca
Best match
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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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CalgaryCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryCasablanca
Official languageFrench, EnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation1,045 m115 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryCasablanca
City population1,306,7843,215,935
People per km²1,5838,375
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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.