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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Boston 35, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Tangier 58: Boston leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Tangier 57: Boston leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Tangier 30: Boston leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Tangier 55: Boston leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Boston and Tangier are level on 72.
Good for families. Boston 72, Tangier 35: Boston leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Tangier 40: Boston leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Tangier 42: Boston leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Tangier 28: Boston leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 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: Boston and Tangier.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonTangier
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation43 m56 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonTangier
City population675,6471,275,428
People per km²2,9106,393
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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). 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.