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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Rotterdam?

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 Rotterdam for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Casablanca leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Rotterdam 52: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Rotterdam 44: Rotterdam leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Rotterdam 38: Casablanca leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam.

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.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaRotterdam
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightDutch
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m10 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaRotterdam
City population3,215,935664,311
People per km²8,3752,080
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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.