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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Dublin 27, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Tangier 57: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Tangier 30: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Tangier 55: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Dublin and Tangier are level on 72.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Tangier 35: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Tangier 40: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Tangier 42: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Tangier 28: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Tangier.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinTangier
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation20 m56 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinTangier
City population592,7131,275,428
People per km²5,1546,393
Museums within 10 km406
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.