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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Phnom Penh?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’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, Phnom Penh 6: Casablanca leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Phnom Penh 28: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Phnom Penh 34: Casablanca leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Phnom Penh 32: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Phnom Penh 35: Casablanca leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Phnom Penh 46: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Phnom Penh 32: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Phnom Penh 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 Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaPhnom Penh
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightKhmer
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation115 m11 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaPhnom Penh
City population3,215,9352,129,371
People per km²8,3753,138
Museums within 10 km33
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. 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.