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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Luang Prabang 14, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Tangier 57: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Tangier 55: Luang Prabang leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Tangier 35: Luang Prabang leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Tangier 40: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Tangier 76: Luang Prabang leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Tangier 28: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Tangier 50: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Tangier.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips 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.

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Luang PrabangTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangTangier
Official languageLaoArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation305 m56 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangTangier
City population53,7921,275,428
People per km²-6,393
Museums within 10 km06
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.