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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Tirana?

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
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tirana for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Tirana 57: Casablanca leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Tirana 42: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Tirana 40: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Tirana 32: Casablanca leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Tirana 32: Casablanca leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Tirana 27: Casablanca leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Tirana.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaTirana
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightAlbanian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCE50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m110 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaTirana
City population3,215,935389,323
People per km²8,3759,314
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.