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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

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. Miami 90, Tangier 50: Miami leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Tangier 58: Miami leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Miami and Tangier are level on 57.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Tangier 30: Miami leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Tangier 55: Miami leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Tangier 35: Miami leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Tangier 42: Miami leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Tangier 28: Miami leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Tangier.

Your match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiTangier
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2 m56 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiTangier
City population442,2411,275,428
People per km²3,0466,393
Museums within 10 km176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.