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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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. Berlin 38, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Tangier 58: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Tangier 57: Berlin leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Tangier 30: Berlin leads by 68 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Tangier 35: Berlin leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Tangier 40: Berlin leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Tangier 42: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Tangier 28: Berlin leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Tangier 50: Berlin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Tangier.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Tangier
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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinTangier
Official languageGermanArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation34 m56 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinTangier
City population3,700,5771,275,428
People per km²4,1536,393
Museums within 10 km1576
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.