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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Ottawa?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ottawa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Ottawa 45: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Ottawa 35: Casablanca leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Casablanca and Ottawa are level on 55.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Ottawa 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Ottawa 40: Casablanca leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Ottawa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Ottawa
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaOttawa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaOttawa
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightFrench, English
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m70 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaOttawa
City population3,215,9351,017,449
People per km²8,375366
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.