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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station

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

Casablanca or Melbourne?

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

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

Choose Melbourne for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Melbourne’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 and Melbourne are level on 50.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Melbourne 57: Melbourne leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Melbourne 70: Melbourne leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Melbourne 62: Melbourne leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Melbourne 73: Melbourne leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Melbourne 76: Melbourne leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Melbourne 70: Melbourne leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Melbourne 31: Casablanca leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Melbourne 72: Melbourne leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Melbourne 54: Melbourne leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Melbourne.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Melbourne
Best match
64match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaMelbourne

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaMelbourne
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15000
Elevation115 m31 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaMelbourne
City population3,215,9355,350,705
People per km²8,375535
Museums within 10 km343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.