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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Valparaiso?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Valparaiso 50: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Valparaiso 33: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Valparaiso 30: Casablanca leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Valparaiso 60: Casablanca leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca and Valparaiso are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Valparaiso 18: Casablanca leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaValparaiso
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCE50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation115 m21 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaValparaiso
City population3,215,935296,655
People per km²8,3756,180
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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. 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.