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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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. Scottsdale 8, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Tangier 30: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Tangier 55: Scottsdale leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Tangier 35: Scottsdale leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Tangier 42: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Tangier 28: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Tangier 50: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Tangier.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on families and nightlife 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.

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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ScottsdaleTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleTangier
Official language-Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation380 m56 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleTangier
City population241,3611,275,428
People per km²-6,393
Museums within 10 km106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.

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.