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The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rotorua 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 Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • 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. Rotorua 33, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Rotorua 33, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Rotorua 38, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Rotorua 14, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotorua 86, Tangier 55: Rotorua leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Rotorua 45, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Rotorua 68, Tangier 35: Rotorua leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Rotorua 30, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Rotorua 22, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Rotorua 36, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotorua 30, Tangier 28: Rotorua leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotorua 86, Tangier 50: Rotorua leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotorua and Tangier.

Your match

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

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 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

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotoruaTangier
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number111Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation280 m56 m
Main airportRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotoruaTangier
City population58,5001,275,428
People per km²226,393
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.