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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kyoto 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 Kyoto for

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • 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. Kyoto 15, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, Tangier 58: Kyoto leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, Tangier 57: Kyoto leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, Tangier 30: Kyoto leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, Tangier 55: Kyoto leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, Tangier 72: Kyoto leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Kyoto 68, Tangier 35: Kyoto leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, Tangier 40: Kyoto leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, Tangier 42: Kyoto leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, Tangier 28: Kyoto leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, Tangier 50: Kyoto leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and Tangier.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on culture and sights and families with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoTangier
Official languageJapaneseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyYen (JPY)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation51 m56 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoTangier
City population1,463,7231,275,428
People per km²1,7686,393
Museums within 10 km776
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.