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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Quebec City 18, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Tangier 57: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Tangier 30: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Tangier 55: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Tangier 35: Quebec City leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Tangier 40: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Tangier 42: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Tangier 28: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Tangier 50: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Tangier.

Your match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 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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Quebec CityTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityTangier
Official languageFrench, EnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation98 m56 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityTangier
City population574,4821,275,428
People per km²1,1846,393
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.

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.