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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Mendoza 6, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Tangier 58: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Tangier 30: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Tangier 55: Mendoza leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Tangier 35: Mendoza leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Tangier 40: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Tangier 28: Mendoza leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Tangier 50: Mendoza leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Tangier.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaTangier
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency number117 or 911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation769 m56 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaTangier
City population127,1601,275,428
People per km²2,3556,393
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.