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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tangier or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 60 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Tokyo 48: Tangier leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on families 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TangierTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierTokyo
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightJapanese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 110, fire 119
Elevation56 m6 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierTokyo
City population1,275,42814,264,798
People per km²6,3936,501
Museums within 10 km6192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.