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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tangier or Tunis?

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

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tunis for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Tunis 33: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Tunis 45: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Tunis.

Your match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierTunis
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightArabic
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCE50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation56 m4 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierTunis
City population1,275,428602,560
People per km²6,3932,834
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 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). 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.