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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Salzburg 35, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Tangier 57: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Tangier 55: Salzburg leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Tangier 72: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Tangier 35: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Tangier 40: Salzburg leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Tangier 42: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Tangier 28: Salzburg leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Tangier 50: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Tangier.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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.

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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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SalzburgTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgTangier
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageArabic, 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
Elevation424 m56 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgTangier
City population155,0211,275,428
People per km²2,3606,393
Museums within 10 km386
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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. 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. 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.