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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Sao Paulo?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Sao Paulo 48: Sao Paulo leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Sao Paulo 47: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Sao Paulo 62: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Sao Paulo 25: Casablanca leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaSao Paulo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaSao Paulo
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation115 m760 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaSao Paulo
City population3,215,93511,451,999
People per km²8,3757,519
Museums within 10 km390
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. 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.