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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Dubai?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Dubai for

  • families
  • shopping
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubai’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, Dubai 80: Dubai leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Dubai 76: Dubai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Dubai 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Dubai 62: Dubai leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Dubai 25: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Dubai 45: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Casablanca and Dubai are level on 42.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Dubai 32: Casablanca leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Dubai 40: Dubai leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Dubai 46: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Dubai.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Dubai
Best match
54match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaDubai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaDubai
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightArabic
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)UAE Dirham (AED)
SocketsCE50 HzCG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m0 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaDubai
City population3,215,9353,944,751
People per km²8,375-
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.