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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Budapest 25, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Tangier 58: Budapest leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Tangier 57: Budapest leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Tangier 30: Budapest leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Tangier 55: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Tangier 35: Budapest leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Tangier 40: Budapest leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Tangier 42: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Tangier 28: Budapest leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Tangier 50: Budapest leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Tangier.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestTangier
Official languageHungarianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m56 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestTangier
City population1,675,7771,275,428
People per km²3,1916,393
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.

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.