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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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. Lucerne 35, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Tangier 57: Lucerne leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Tangier 55: Lucerne leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Tangier 72: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Tangier 35: Lucerne leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Tangier 40: Lucerne leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Tangier 42: Lucerne leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Tangier 28: Lucerne leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Tangier.

Your match

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

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucerneTangier
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation436 m56 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneTangier
City population86,2341,275,428
People per km²2,9636,393
Museums within 10 km146
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). 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.