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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Bangkok 12, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Tangier 58: Bangkok leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Tangier 57: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Tangier 30: Bangkok leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bangkok and Tangier are level on 72.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Tangier 35: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Tangier 40: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Tangier 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Tangier 76: Bangkok leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Tangier 28: Bangkok leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Tangier 50: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Tangier.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokTangier
Official languageThaiArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyBaht (THB)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2 m56 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokTangier
City population5,676,6481,275,428
People per km²3,6196,393
Museums within 10 km596
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.