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Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Rotterdam 27, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Rotterdam 52, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Rotterdam 58, Tangier 57: Rotterdam leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Rotterdam 52, Tangier 30: Rotterdam leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam 44, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Rotterdam 85, Tangier 72: Rotterdam leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Rotterdam 66, Tangier 35: Rotterdam leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Rotterdam 78, Tangier 40: Rotterdam leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Rotterdam 55, Tangier 42: Rotterdam leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Rotterdam 38, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam 58, Tangier 28: Rotterdam leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam 42, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotterdam and Tangier.

Your match

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

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Tangier
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.

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotterdamTangier
Official languageDutchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotterdamTangier
City population664,3111,275,428
People per km²2,0806,393
Museums within 10 km406
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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). 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. 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.