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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Tangier or Wellington?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Tangier leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Wellington 44: Tangier leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Wellington 40: Tangier leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier and Wellington are level on 42.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Wellington 33: Tangier leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Wellington 30: Tangier leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Wellington.

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
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Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
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Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierWellington
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15111
Elevation56 m0 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierWellington
City population1,275,428216,200
People per km²6,393487
Museums within 10 km612
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. 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.