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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
Santa MonicaThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Santa Monica by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Santa Monica?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Santa Monica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Monica’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, Santa Monica 66: Santa Monica leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca and Santa Monica are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Santa Monica 35: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Santa Monica 38: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Santa Monica 72: Santa Monica leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Santa Monica 64: Santa Monica leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Santa Monica 70: Santa Monica leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Santa Monica 52: Santa Monica leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Santa Monica 56: Santa Monica leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Santa Monica 14: Casablanca leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca and Santa Monica are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Santa Monica 45: Casablanca leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Santa Monica.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santa Monica
51match

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

Santa Monica in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaSanta Monica

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Santa Monica: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (13.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaSanta Monica
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 m32 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)11 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaSanta Monica
City population3,215,93593,076
People per km²8,3754,270
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.