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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Cebu?

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 Casablanca for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Cebu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Cebu’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. Casablanca 50, Cebu 60: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Cebu 58: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Cebu 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Cebu 46: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Cebu 60: Cebu leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Cebu 44: Casablanca leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Cebu 45: Cebu leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Cebu 26: Casablanca leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Cebu 44: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Cebu 80: Cebu leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Cebu 25: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Cebu 50: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Cebu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Casablanca
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Cebu
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

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

Cebu in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaCebu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaCebu
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCE50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m135 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaCebu
City population3,215,935965,332
People per km²8,3753,065
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.