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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

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

Tallinn 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 Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Tallinn 28, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Tangier 57: Tallinn leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Tangier 30: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn and Tangier are level on 55.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Tangier 35: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Tangier 40: Tallinn leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Tangier 28: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn and Tangier are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Tangier.

Your match

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

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and families 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.

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnTangier
Official languageEstonianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation28 m56 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnTangier
City population457,5721,275,428
People per km²2,8716,393
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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. 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.