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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Lucerne?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Lucerne 35: Casablanca leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Lucerne 58: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Lucerne 28: Casablanca leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 59 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Lucerne 46: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Lucerne 8: Casablanca leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Lucerne 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 Lucerne.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaLucerne
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCE50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m436 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaLucerne
City population3,215,93586,234
People per km²8,3752,963
Museums within 10 km314
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.