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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
La Paz

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License.

Casablanca or La Paz?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Casablanca leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, La Paz 50: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca and La Paz are level on 52.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, La Paz 38: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, La Paz 40: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, La Paz 10: Casablanca leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, La Paz 45: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, La Paz 35: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, La Paz 12: Casablanca leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and La Paz.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaLa Paz
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCE50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m3,640 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaLa Paz
City population3,215,935755,732
People per km²8,3751,601
Museums within 10 km321
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.