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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
VaranasiRowing boats below the ghats in the morning light

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Varanasi by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Varanasi?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Varanasi for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Varanasi’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, Varanasi 4: Casablanca leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Varanasi 55: Casablanca leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Varanasi 80: Varanasi leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Varanasi 10: Casablanca leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Varanasi 18: Casablanca leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Varanasi 42: Casablanca leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Varanasi 5: Casablanca leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Varanasi 28: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Varanasi 92: Varanasi leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Varanasi 58: Varanasi leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Varanasi 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 Varanasi.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Varanasi
40match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Varanasi in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
249 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Varanasi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaVaranasi
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightHindi, English
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15108 or 112
Elevation115 m76 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaVaranasi
City population3,215,9351,198,491
People per km²8,37514,598
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.