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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tangier or Tirana?

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

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tirana for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Tirana 57: Tangier leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Tirana 42: Tangier leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Tirana 64: Tangier leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Tirana 40: Tirana leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Tirana 32: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Tangier and Tirana are level on 76.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Tirana 27: Tangier leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Tirana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Tangier
49match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on nightlife and getting around 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierTirana
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightAlbanian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCE50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation56 m110 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierTirana
City population1,275,428389,323
People per km²6,3939,314
Museums within 10 km611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 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). 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.