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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bodrum 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 Bodrum for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Bodrum 80, Tangier 50: Bodrum leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Tangier 58: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Tangier 30: Bodrum leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Tangier 55: Bodrum leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Bodrum and Tangier are level on 72.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Tangier 35: Bodrum leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Tangier 40: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Tangier 42: Bodrum leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Tangier 28: Bodrum leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Tangier 50: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Tangier.

Your match

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

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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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Where the figures come from

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumTangier
Official languageTurkishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumTangier
City population175,0001,275,428
People per km²3146,393
Museums within 10 km46
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.