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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Tangier or Valencia?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Valencia 70: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Valencia 57: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Valencia 42: Tangier leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Valencia.

Your match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on families and nightlife 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierValencia
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
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 m15 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierValencia
City population1,275,428840,792
People per km²6,3936,242
Museums within 10 km645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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.