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Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Seoul 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 Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • 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. Seoul 18, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Seoul 84, Tangier 58: Seoul leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Seoul 75, Tangier 57: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Seoul 84, Tangier 30: Seoul leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seoul 75, Tangier 55: Seoul leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Seoul 77, Tangier 72: Seoul leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Seoul 80, Tangier 35: Seoul leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Seoul 87, Tangier 40: Seoul leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Seoul 85, Tangier 42: Seoul leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Seoul 50, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seoul 63, Tangier 28: Seoul leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seoul 75, Tangier 50: Seoul leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seoul and Tangier.

Your match

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

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeoulTangier
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyWon (KRW)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation38 m56 m
Main airportIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeoulTangier
City population9,668,4651,275,428
People per km²15,9736,393
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months3 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.