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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Dubrovnik 74, Tangier 50: Dubrovnik leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Tangier 57: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Tangier 30: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Tangier 55: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Tangier 35: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Tangier 40: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Tangier 28: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Tangier.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikTangier
Official languageCroatianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikTangier
City population41,5621,275,428
People per km²-6,393
Museums within 10 km76
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.