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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Reykjavik 12, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, Tangier 30: Reykjavik leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, Tangier 55: Reykjavik leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik 55, Tangier 35: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Reykjavik 55, Tangier 40: Reykjavik leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, Tangier 28: Reykjavik leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, Tangier 50: Reykjavik leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and Tangier.

Your match

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

Reykjavik
44match

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

Tangier
Best match
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.

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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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ReykjavikTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikTangier
Official languageIcelandicArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTCUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation8 m56 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikTangier
City population138,7721,275,428
People per km²5696,393
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.