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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Montpellier?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Montpellier 60: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Montpellier 56: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Montpellier 72: Montpellier leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Montpellier 47: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Montpellier 50: Casablanca leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Montpellier 42: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Montpellier.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaMontpellier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaMontpellier
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightFrench
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m7 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaMontpellier
City population3,215,935310,240
People per km²8,3755,452
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.