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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

New York 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 New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • 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. New York and Tangier are level on 50.
Food & drink. New York 92, Tangier 58: New York leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Tangier 57: New York leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Tangier 30: New York leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York and Tangier are level on 55.
Day trips. New York 68, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Tangier 35: New York leads by 35 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Tangier 40: New York leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Tangier 42: New York leads by 55 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Tangier 28: New York leads by 71 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 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: New York and Tangier.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °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. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkTangier
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
Elevation25 m56 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkTangier
City population8,804,1901,275,428
People per km²7,2566,393
Museums within 10 km1576
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.