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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Casablanca leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Samarkand 54: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Samarkand 14: Casablanca leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Samarkand 40: Samarkand leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Samarkand 30: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Samarkand 42: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Samarkand 24: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Samarkand 32: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Samarkand.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaSamarkand
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightUzbek
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCE50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+5
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m702 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaSamarkand
City population3,215,935546,303
People per km²8,3755,058
Museums within 10 km311
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.