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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or San Jose?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose San Jose for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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 30: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, San Jose 56: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, San Jose 36: Casablanca leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, San Jose 33: Casablanca leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, San Jose 72: San Jose leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, San Jose 30: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, San Jose 48: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, San Jose 20: Casablanca leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca and San Jose are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, San Jose 30: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and San Jose.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

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 in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaSan Jose

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaSan Jose
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m25 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaSan Jose
City population3,215,9351,013,240
People per km²8,3752,167
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.