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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Monaco 68, Tangier 50: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Tangier 30: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Tangier 55: Monaco leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Tangier 72: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Tangier 35: Monaco leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Tangier 40: Monaco leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Tangier 42: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Tangier 28: Monaco leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Tangier 50: Monaco leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Tangier.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoTangier
Official languageFrenchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation68 m56 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoTangier
City population38,8571,275,428
People per km²18,5036,393
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.