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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Plovdiv 7, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Tangier 57: Plovdiv leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Tangier 30: Plovdiv leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Tangier 55: Plovdiv leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Tangier 35: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Tangier 40: Plovdiv leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Tangier 76: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Tangier 28: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Tangier.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Plovdiv
50match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivTangier
Official languageBulgarianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation172 m56 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivTangier
City population333,9941,275,428
People per km²3,2746,393
Museums within 10 km186
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). 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.