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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Chiang Mai 6, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Tangier 58: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Tangier 57: Chiang Mai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Tangier 30: Chiang Mai leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Tangier 55: Chiang Mai leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Tangier 35: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Tangier 42: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Tangier 76: Chiang Mai leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Tangier 28: Chiang Mai leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Tangier 50: Chiang Mai leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Tangier.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Chiang MaiTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiTangier
Official languageThaiArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyBaht (THB)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation310 m56 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiTangier
City population1,198,0001,275,428
People per km²2,9586,393
Museums within 10 km66
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.