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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Cork?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Cork for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’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, Cork 25: Casablanca leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Cork 58: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Cork 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Cork 40: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Cork 62: Cork leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Cork 68: Cork leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Cork 50: Cork leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Cork 58: Cork leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Cork 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Cork 33: Casablanca leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Cork 45: Cork leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Cork 22: Casablanca leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Cork.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Cork
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaCork
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Irish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m0 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaCork
City population3,215,935222,333
People per km²8,3755,961
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.