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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • 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. Nairobi 4, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Tangier 30: Nairobi leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Tangier 55: Nairobi leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Tangier 35: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Tangier 42: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Tangier 28: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Tangier.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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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NairobiTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiTangier
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation1,661 m56 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiTangier
City population5,545,0001,275,428
People per km²7,9676,393
Museums within 10 km46
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.