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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Paris 9, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Tangier 58: Paris leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Tangier 57: Paris leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Tangier 30: Paris leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, Tangier 72: Paris leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Tangier 35: Paris leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Tangier 40: Paris leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Tangier 42: Paris leads by 56 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Tangier 28: Paris leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Tangier.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisTangier
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
Elevation27 m56 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisTangier
City population2,103,7781,275,428
People per km²19,9606,393
Museums within 10 km2516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). 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. 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.