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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Pensacola?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Pensacola 45: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Pensacola 45: Casablanca leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Pensacola 42: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Pensacola 45: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Pensacola 18: Casablanca leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Pensacola 28: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Pensacola 44: Casablanca leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Pensacola 36: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Pensacola 30: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaPensacola
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m31 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaPensacola
City population3,215,93554,312
People per km²8,375515
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.