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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quito 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 Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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. Quito 5, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Tangier 57: Quito leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Tangier 30: Quito leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Tangier 55: Quito leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Tangier 35: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Tangier 40: Quito leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Tangier 76: Quito leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Tangier 28: Quito leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 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: Quito 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

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tangier
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.

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 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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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoTangier
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2,850 m56 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoTangier
City population1,763,2751,275,428
People per km²4,7356,393
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.