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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Mombasa?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca and Mombasa are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Mombasa 45: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Mombasa 45: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Mombasa 30: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Mombasa 35: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Mombasa 22: Casablanca leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Mombasa 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Casablanca
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaMombasa
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation115 m50 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaMombasa
City population3,215,9351,208,333
People per km²8,3754,100
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.