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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Muscat for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Muscat 44: Casablanca leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Muscat 14: Casablanca leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Muscat 62: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Muscat 52: Muscat leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Muscat 20: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Muscat 42: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Muscat 45: Casablanca leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Muscat 40: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Muscat.

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 nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaMuscat
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightArabic
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCE50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15968
Elevation115 m69 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaMuscat
City population3,215,9351,421,409
People per km²8,375406
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.