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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Fukuoka?

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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 and Fukuoka are level on 50.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Fukuoka 50: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Fukuoka 58: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Fukuoka.

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.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on families 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

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaFukuoka
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightJapanese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 110, fire 119
Elevation115 m8 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaFukuoka
City population3,215,9351,603,043
People per km²8,3754,715
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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.