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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Tangier for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Macau 24, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Tangier 58: Macau leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Tangier 57: Macau leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Tangier 30: Macau leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Tangier 35: Macau leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Tangier 40: Macau leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Tangier 42: Macau leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Tangier 28: Macau leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Tangier.

Your match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauTangier
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency number999Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation22 m56 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauTangier
City population682,1001,275,428
People per km²5,9166,393
Museums within 10 km286
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months3 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). 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. 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.