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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Jerusalem?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Jerusalem 38: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Jerusalem 48: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Jerusalem 20: Casablanca leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Jerusalem has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaJerusalem
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightHebrew
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 100, fire 102
Elevation115 m754 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaJerusalem
City population3,215,9351,050,151
People per km²8,3758,374
Museums within 10 km369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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.