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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Florence?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Florence for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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, Florence 14: Casablanca leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Florence 74: Florence leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Florence 94: Florence leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Florence 42: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Florence 58: Florence leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Florence 98: Florence leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Florence 45: Florence leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Florence 78: Florence leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Florence 72: Florence leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Florence 35: Casablanca leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Florence 58: Florence leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Florence 42: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Florence.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Florence has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaFlorence
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightItalian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m50 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaFlorence
City population3,215,935360,930
People per km²8,3753,528
Museums within 10 km3141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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.