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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Oaxaca?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Casablanca leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Oaxaca 40: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca and Oaxaca are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Oaxaca 50: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaOaxaca
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m1,555 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaOaxaca
City population3,215,935258,913
People per km²8,3753,028
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.