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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tangier or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Tangier leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Windhoek 36: Tangier leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Windhoek 30: Tangier leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Windhoek 25: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Windhoek 52: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Windhoek 14: Tangier leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Windhoek 30: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Windhoek 22: Tangier leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Windhoek 30: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Windhoek 62: Tangier leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Windhoek 18: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierWindhoek
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightEnglish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation56 m1,650 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierWindhoek
City population1,275,428486,169
People per km²6,39395
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.