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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sapporo 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 Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Sapporo 28, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Tangier 58: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Tangier 30: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Tangier 55: Sapporo leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Tangier 35: Sapporo leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Tangier 40: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Tangier 42: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Tangier 28: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Tangier 50: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Tangier.

Your match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoTangier
Official languageJapaneseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyYen (JPY)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation5 m56 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoTangier
City population1,959,3131,275,428
People per km²1,7476,393
Museums within 10 km336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month3 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). 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.