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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • 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. Chengdu 5, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Tangier 58: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Tangier 57: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Tangier 30: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Tangier 55: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Tangier 72: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Tangier 35: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Tangier 40: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Tangier 42: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Tangier 76: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Tangier 28: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Tangier 50: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Tangier.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduTangier
Official languagePutonghuaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation500 m56 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduTangier
City population20,937,7571,275,428
People per km²1,4566,393
Museums within 10 km106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.