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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Anchorage or Tangier?

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 Anchorage for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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. Anchorage 8, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage and Tangier are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Tangier 55: Anchorage leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, Tangier 35: Anchorage leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Tangier 28: Anchorage leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 32, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Anchorage and Tangier.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageTangier
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation31 m56 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageTangier
City population291,2471,275,428
People per km²586,393
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.