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The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sydney 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 Sydney for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • 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. Sydney 95, Tangier 50: Sydney leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Sydney 77, Tangier 58: Sydney leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Sydney 60, Tangier 57: Sydney leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Sydney 60, Tangier 30: Sydney leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sydney 85, Tangier 55: Sydney leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Sydney 50, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Sydney 75, Tangier 35: Sydney leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Sydney 75, Tangier 40: Sydney leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Sydney 68, Tangier 42: Sydney leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Sydney 22, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sydney 73, Tangier 28: Sydney leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sydney 55, Tangier 50: Sydney leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sydney and Tangier.

Your match

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

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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. Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSydneyTangier
Official languageEnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number000Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation6 m56 m
Main airportSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSydneyTangier
City population5,450,4961,275,428
People per km²4496,393
Museums within 10 km386
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.