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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Tampa?

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
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Tampa 57: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Tampa 42: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Tampa 54: Casablanca leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Tampa 22: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Tampa 40: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Tampa 40: Casablanca leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Tampa 30: Casablanca leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Tampa.

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 prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaTampa
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m30 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaTampa
City population3,215,935384,959
People per km²8,375848
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 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.