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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Stockholm 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 Stockholm for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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. Stockholm 40, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Tangier 58: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Tangier 57: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Tangier 30: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Tangier 55: Stockholm leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Tangier 35: Stockholm leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Tangier 40: Stockholm leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Tangier 42: Stockholm leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Tangier 28: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Tangier 50: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Tangier.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families 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.

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmTangier
Official languageSwedishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)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
Elevation22 m56 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmTangier
City population984,7481,275,428
People per km²5,2606,393
Museums within 10 km2666
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.