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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Tangier or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Tangier leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Tromso 36: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Tromso 27: Tangier leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Tromso 14: Tangier leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Tromso 15: Tangier leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Tromso 11: Tangier leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Tromso 38: Tangier leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Tromso.

Your match

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

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TangierTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierTromso
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation56 m20 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierTromso
City population1,275,42879,943
People per km²6,39332
Museums within 10 km68
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.