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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Santo Domingo?

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

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Santo Domingo 58: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Santo Domingo 36: Santo Domingo leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Santo Domingo 44: Casablanca leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Santo Domingo 40: Santo Domingo leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Santo Domingo 40: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Santo Domingo 44: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Santo Domingo 66: Casablanca leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Santo Domingo 22: Casablanca leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Casablanca
49match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights 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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaSanto Domingo
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCE50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m14 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaSanto Domingo
City population3,215,9352,201,941
People per km²8,3751,691
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.