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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Hanoi?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Hanoi’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, Hanoi 6: Casablanca leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Hanoi 52: Hanoi leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Hanoi 58: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Hanoi 35: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Hanoi 36: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca and Hanoi are level on 50.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Hanoi 46: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaHanoi
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightVietnamese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Dong (VND)
SocketsCE50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation115 m10 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaHanoi
City population3,215,9358,717,600
People per km²8,3752,595
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. 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.