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Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Helsinki 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 Helsinki for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • 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. Helsinki 28, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Helsinki 52, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Helsinki 60, Tangier 57: Helsinki leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Helsinki 50, Tangier 30: Helsinki leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Helsinki 58, Tangier 55: Helsinki leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Helsinki 62, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Helsinki 76, Tangier 35: Helsinki leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Helsinki 86, Tangier 40: Helsinki leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Helsinki 62, Tangier 42: Helsinki leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Helsinki 30, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Helsinki 63, Tangier 28: Helsinki leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Helsinki 82, Tangier 50: Helsinki leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Helsinki and Tangier.

Your match

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

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHelsinkiTangier
Official languageFinnish, SwedishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation17 m56 m
Main airportHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHelsinkiTangier
City population694,3921,275,428
People per km²3,2396,393
Museums within 10 km746
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.