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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Tel Aviv?

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

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Tel Aviv 14: Casablanca leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Tel Aviv 35: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaTel Aviv
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightHebrew
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 100, fire 102
Elevation115 m5 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaTel Aviv
City population3,215,935467,875
People per km²8,3758,998
Museums within 10 km398
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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.