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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Paris?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Paris for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Casablanca leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Paris 96: Paris leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Paris 97: Paris leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Paris 80: Paris leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Paris 52: Paris leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Paris 92: Paris leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Paris 79: Paris leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Paris 88: Paris leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Paris 98: Paris leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Paris 25: Casablanca leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Paris 88: Paris leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Paris 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Paris.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaParis
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 m27 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaParis
City population3,215,9352,103,778
People per km²8,37519,960
Museums within 10 km3251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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.