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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Fort Lauderdale?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Fort Lauderdale 47: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Fort Lauderdale 28: Casablanca leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Fort Lauderdale 62: Fort Lauderdale leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Fort Lauderdale 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Fort Lauderdale 32: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Fort Lauderdale 32: Casablanca leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Fort Lauderdale 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaFort Lauderdale
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m11 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaFort Lauderdale
City population3,215,935182,760
People per km²8,3751,829
Museums within 10 km36
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. 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.