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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Mendoza?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Casablanca leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Mendoza 30: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Mendoza 40: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Mendoza 52: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Mendoza 42: Mendoza leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Mendoza 33: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Mendoza 56: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Mendoza 33: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Mendoza.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaMendoza

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaMendoza
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15117 or 911
Elevation115 m769 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaMendoza
City population3,215,935127,160
People per km²8,3752,355
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.