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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Luang Prabang?

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
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Casablanca leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Luang Prabang 42: Casablanca leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Luang Prabang 8: Casablanca leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Luang Prabang 35: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Casablanca and Luang Prabang are level on 38.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Luang Prabang 38: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Luang Prabang 18: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Luang Prabang.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 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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CasablancaLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaLuang Prabang
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightLao
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCE50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation115 m305 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaLuang Prabang
City population3,215,93553,792
People per km²8,375-
Museums within 10 km30
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. 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.