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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Manaus 56: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Manaus 46: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Manaus 42: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Manaus 12: Casablanca leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Manaus 35: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Manaus 27: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Manaus 36: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Manaus 63: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Manaus 20: Casablanca leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Manaus.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaManaus
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation115 m92 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaManaus
City population3,215,9352,303,732
People per km²8,375202
Museums within 10 km313
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. 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.