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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • 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. Montpellier 64, Tangier 50: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Tangier 58: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Tangier 57: Montpellier leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Tangier 30: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Tangier 55: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Tangier 72: Montpellier leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Tangier 35: Montpellier leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Tangier 40: Montpellier leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Tangier 42: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Tangier 28: Montpellier leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Tangier.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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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MontpellierTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierTangier
Official languageFrenchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation7 m56 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierTangier
City population310,2401,275,428
People per km²5,4526,393
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months3 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.