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A heritage tram before the Regent building, Christchurch
ChristchurchA heritage tram before the Regent building
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Christchurch by Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Christchurch 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 Christchurch for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Christchurch 38, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Christchurch 45, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Christchurch 38, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Christchurch 32, Tangier 30: Christchurch leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Christchurch 84, Tangier 55: Christchurch leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Christchurch 45, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Christchurch 66, Tangier 35: Christchurch leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Christchurch 48, Tangier 40: Christchurch leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Christchurch 32, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Christchurch 38, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Christchurch 38, Tangier 28: Christchurch leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Christchurch 45, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Christchurch and Tangier.

Your match

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

Christchurch
46match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Christchurch in July

11 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
9 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. Christchurch: 1991-2020 normals, Christchurch (8.7 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChristchurchTangier
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number111Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation20 m56 m
Main airportChristchurch International Airport (CHC)10 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChristchurchTangier
City population383,2001,275,428
People per km²1,2986,393
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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. 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.