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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baku 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 Baku for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Baku 40, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Tangier 58: Baku leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Tangier 57: Baku leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Tangier 30: Baku leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Tangier 35: Baku leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Tangier 40: Baku leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Tangier 42: Baku leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Tangier 28: Baku leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Tangier.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Baku
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuTangier
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1
Emergency number102 or 112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation-28 m56 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuTangier
City population2,300,5001,275,428
People per km²1,0756,393
Museums within 10 km506
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.