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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Jakarta?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Jakarta 48: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Jakarta 30: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Jakarta 45: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Jakarta 50: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Jakarta 36: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Jakarta 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 Jakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on nightlife 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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaJakarta
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightIndonesian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m91 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaJakarta
City population3,215,93511,135,191
People per km²8,37516,821
Museums within 10 km344
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.