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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Casablanca or Florianopolis?

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

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Florianopolis 58: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Florianopolis 33: Casablanca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Florianopolis 50: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Florianopolis 28: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Florianopolis 33: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Florianopolis 60: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Florianopolis 28: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Florianopolis 45: Casablanca leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaFlorianopolis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaFlorianopolis
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation115 m3 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaFlorianopolis
City population3,215,935587,486
People per km²8,375870
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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.