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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • families
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Doha 45, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 67 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Tangier 35: Doha leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Tangier 40: Doha leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Tangier 42: Doha leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Tangier 28: Doha leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Tangier.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
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. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaTangier
Official languageArabicArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1
Emergency number999Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation0 m56 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaTangier
City population1,186,0231,275,428
People per km²8,9856,393
Museums within 10 km66
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.