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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Porto?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Porto for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Porto 70: Porto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Porto 68: Porto leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Porto 65: Porto leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Porto 64: Porto leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Porto 79: Porto leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Porto 52: Porto leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Porto 66: Porto leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Porto 52: Porto leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Porto 62: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Porto 52: Porto leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Porto 34: Casablanca leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Porto.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaPorto
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m104 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaPorto
City population3,215,935273,476
People per km²8,3756,606
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.