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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Casablanca or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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, San Jose, Costa Rica 12: Casablanca leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Casablanca leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca and San Jose, Costa Rica are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: Casablanca leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and San Jose, Costa Rica.

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 wellness with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 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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CasablancaSan Jose, Costa Rica

Where the figures come from

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m1,161 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population3,215,935335,007
People per km²8,3757,511
Museums within 10 km39
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.