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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Casablanca for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Cartagena 70, Casablanca 50: Cartagena leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Casablanca 60: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Casablanca 52: Cartagena leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Casablanca 44: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Casablanca 33: Cartagena leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Casablanca 55: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Casablanca 38: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Casablanca 42: Cartagena leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Casablanca 50: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Casablanca 68: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Casablanca 38: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 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: Cartagena and Casablanca.

Your match

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

Cartagena
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Casablanca
49match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaCasablanca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaCasablanca
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1
Emergency number123Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2 m115 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaCasablanca
City population914,5523,215,935
People per km²1,5998,375
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). 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. 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.