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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Mumbai 18, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Tangier 58: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Tangier 57: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Tangier 30: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai and Tangier are level on 55.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Mumbai and Tangier are level on 35.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Tangier 42: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Tangier 28: Mumbai leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Tangier.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiTangier
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1
Emergency number108 or 112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation14 m56 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiTangier
City population15,414,2881,275,428
People per km²25,5636,393
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.