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The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tangier or Zurich?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Tangier 58, Zurich 53: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Tangier 57, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Tangier 30, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tangier 55, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Tangier 72, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Tangier 35, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Tangier 40, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Tangier 42, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Tangier 76, Zurich 3: Tangier leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tangier 28, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tangier 50, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tangier and Zurich.

Your match

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

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTangierZurich
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCE50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation56 m408 m
Main airportTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureTangierZurich
City population1,275,428440,935
People per km²6,3935,016
Museums within 10 km663
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.