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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Cairo 10, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Tangier 58: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Tangier 57: Cairo leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Tangier 30: Cairo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Tangier 35: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Tangier 42: Cairo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Tangier 76: Cairo leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Tangier 28: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Tangier.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoTangier
Official languageArabicArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation23 m56 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoTangier
City population9,801,5361,275,428
People per km²18,5646,393
Museums within 10 km486
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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.