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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Casablanca or Granada?

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
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Granada for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Granada 62: Granada leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Granada 80: Granada leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Granada 58: Granada leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Granada 80: Granada leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Granada 76: Granada leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Granada 52: Granada leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Granada 68: Granada leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Granada 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Granada 63: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Granada 58: Granada leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Granada 48: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Granada.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaGranada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaGranada
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m693 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaGranada
City population3,215,935233,975
People per km²8,3752,659
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.