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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

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

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • wellness

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. Athens 70, Tangier 50: Athens leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Tangier 58: Athens leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Tangier 57: Athens leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Tangier 30: Athens leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Tangier 55: Athens leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Tangier 72: Athens leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Tangier 35: Athens leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Tangier 40: Athens leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Tangier 42: Athens leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Tangier 28: Athens leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Tangier.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensTangier
Official languageGreekArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation74 m56 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensTangier
City population643,4521,275,428
People per km²16,4996,393
Museums within 10 km886
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.