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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Shanghai?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Casablanca leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Shanghai 25: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Shanghai 55: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around 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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaShanghai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaShanghai
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPutonghua
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCE50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation115 m4 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaShanghai
City population3,215,93524,870,895
People per km²8,3753,922
Museums within 10 km345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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. 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.