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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Gold Coast?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Gold Coast 47: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Gold Coast 15: Casablanca leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Gold Coast 52: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 51 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Gold Coast 45: Gold Coast leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Gold Coast 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Gold Coast 35: Casablanca leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Gold Coast 30: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast.

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 prices with your weighting.

Gold Coast
Best match
52match

Wins on families 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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaGold Coast
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+10
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15000
Elevation115 m12 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaGold Coast
City population3,215,935607,665
People per km²8,375433
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.