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The Hassan II Mosque and its minaret, Casablanca
CasablancaThe Hassan II Mosque and its minaret
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Casablanca by Samir Bakkah, Pexels License; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Casablanca or Wilmington?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Casablanca 60, Wilmington 48: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Casablanca 52, Wilmington 40: Casablanca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Casablanca 44, Wilmington 40: Casablanca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Casablanca 33, Wilmington 58: Wilmington leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Casablanca 55, Wilmington 45: Casablanca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Casablanca 38, Wilmington 62: Wilmington leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Casablanca 42, Wilmington 28: Casablanca leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Casablanca 50, Wilmington 33: Casablanca leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Casablanca 68, Wilmington 42: Casablanca leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Casablanca 38, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Casablanca 52, Wilmington 33: Casablanca leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Casablanca and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Casablanca
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CasablancaWilmington

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Casablanca: 1991-2020 normals, Casablanca (5.6 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCasablancaWilmington
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation115 m9 m
Main airportMohammed V International Airport (CMN)26 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCasablancaWilmington
City population3,215,935115,451
People per km²8,375839
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.