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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Newport Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Newport Beach 50: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Newport Beach 20: Casablanca leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Newport Beach 33: Casablanca leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Newport Beach 20: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Newport Beach 15: Casablanca leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Newport Beach 44: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Newport Beach.

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 prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaNewport Beach
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m3 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaNewport Beach
City population3,215,93585,239
People per km²8,375622
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.