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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Casablanca or San Sebastian?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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 Sebastian 68: San Sebastian leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca and San Sebastian are level on 52.
Nightlife. Casablanca and San Sebastian are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, San Sebastian 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, San Sebastian 32: Casablanca leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, San Sebastian 50: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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 Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaSan Sebastian

Where the figures come from

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer 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 Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaSan Sebastian
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
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 m6 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaSan Sebastian
City population3,215,935189,866
People per km²8,3753,118
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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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.