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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • day trips

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. Gdansk 40, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Tangier 57: Gdansk leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Tangier 30: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Tangier 55: Gdansk leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Tangier 35: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Tangier 40: Gdansk leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk and Tangier are level on 42.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Tangier 28: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Tangier.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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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Where the figures come from

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskTangier
Official languagePolishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation11 m56 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskTangier
City population487,8341,275,428
People per km²7146,393
Museums within 10 km346
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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). 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.