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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Tangier or The Hague?

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 Tangier for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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. Tangier 50, The Hague 38: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, The Hague 48: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, The Hague 52: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, The Hague 35: Tangier leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, The Hague 45: Tangier leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and The Hague.

Your match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierThe Hague
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightDutch
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation56 m1 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierThe Hague
City population1,275,428548,320
People per km²6,3935,589
Museums within 10 km654
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.