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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow 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 Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Krakow 9, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Tangier 57: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Tangier 30: Krakow leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Tangier 55: Krakow leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Tangier 72: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Tangier 35: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Tangier 40: Krakow leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Tangier 42: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Tangier 28: Krakow leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 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: Krakow and Tangier.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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KrakowTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowTangier
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
Elevation219 m56 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowTangier
City population804,2371,275,428
People per km²2,4596,393
Museums within 10 km1136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.