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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Penang?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Penang for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’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, Penang 44: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Penang 86: Penang leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Penang 70: Penang leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Penang 40: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Penang 55: Penang leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Penang 42: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Penang 52: Penang leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Penang 40: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Penang 42: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Penang 78: Penang leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Penang 30: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Penang 42: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Penang.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Penang
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink 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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaPenang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaPenang
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightMalay
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsCE50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15999
Elevation115 m4 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaPenang
City population3,215,935794,313
People per km²8,375-
Museums within 10 km39
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.