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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Charleston?

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

  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Charleston for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Charleston 64: Charleston leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca and Charleston are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Charleston 62: Charleston leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Charleston 60: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Charleston 46: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Charleston 27: Casablanca leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Charleston 42: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Charleston 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Charleston.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Charleston
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaCharleston
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m6 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaCharleston
City population3,215,935150,227
People per km²8,375532
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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.