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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Chiang Mai?

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

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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, Chiang Mai 6: Casablanca leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Chiang Mai 65: Chiang Mai leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Chiang Mai 45: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Chiang Mai 73: Chiang Mai leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Chiang Mai 48: Casablanca leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Chiang Mai 55: Chiang Mai leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Chiang Mai 38: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Chiang Mai 30: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaChiang Mai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaChiang Mai
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightThai
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Baht (THB)
SocketsCE50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation115 m310 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaChiang Mai
City population3,215,9351,198,000
People per km²8,3752,958
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. 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.