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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Casablanca or Valletta?

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
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Valletta 55: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Valletta 38: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Valletta 50: Casablanca leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Valletta 32: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Valletta.

Your match

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

Casablanca
49match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaValletta

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

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaValletta
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation115 m56 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaValletta
City population3,215,9355,197
People per km²8,3756,496
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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.