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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Tangier or Zadar?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Zadar for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Zadar 45: Tangier leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Zadar 55: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Zadar 70: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Zadar 27: Tangier leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Zadar 52: Tangier leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier and Zadar are level on 28.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Zadar 35: Tangier leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierZadar
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightCroatian
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 m5 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierZadar
City population1,275,42870,779
People per km²6,393-
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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.