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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Casablanca or La Spezia?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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 Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, La Spezia 58: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, La Spezia 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, La Spezia 28: Casablanca leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, La Spezia 48: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, La Spezia 35: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, La Spezia 50: Casablanca leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, La Spezia 28: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, La Spezia 32: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and La Spezia.

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 wellness and prices with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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 Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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 Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaLa Spezia
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightItalian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m3 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaLa Spezia
City population3,215,93592,119
People per km²8,3751,792
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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.