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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Montevideo?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Montevideo 57: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Montevideo 34: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Casablanca and Montevideo are level on 55.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Montevideo 36: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Montevideo 42: Casablanca leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Montevideo 38: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaMontevideo
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCE50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m41 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaMontevideo
City population3,215,9351,302,954
People per km²8,3751,785
Museums within 10 km336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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.