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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang 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 Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tangier for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Da Nang 80, Tangier 50: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Tangier 58: Da Nang leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Tangier 30: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Tangier 55: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Tangier 72: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Tangier 35: Da Nang leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Tangier 76: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Tangier 28: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Tangier 50: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Tangier.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangTangier
Official languageVietnameseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyDong (VND)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation19 m56 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangTangier
City population2,819,9001,275,428
People per km²2386,393
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.