Best time to visit Tangier

Morocco · Africa

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Tangier

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Go in Apr–Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 26C max, 1 rainy day. Feb is the next best.

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Things to do in Tangier

Hercules Caves The caves are a place of stunning natural beauty and great archeological significance.
The American Legation Museum (TALM) Cultural center, museum, conference center and library in the heart of the old medina is…
Petit souq The "small market" was at one point one of the greatest market places in Morocco.
Palais Marshan This impressive building is nowadays a government-owned residence for visitors.
Grande Mosquée A large mosque built in the 17th century…
Place du 9 Avril 1947 A large lively park-like square just southwest of the medina.
Church of Saint Andrew After the first Anglican church got too small…

Tours and tickets in Tangier

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Tangier), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	16°	8d	80%	8.0h	ok	16C max, 8 rainy days
Feb	17°	7d	81%	9.2h	good	17C max, 7 rainy days
Mar	18°	10d	79%	9.5h	good	18C max, 10 rainy days
Apr	20°	6d	77%	11.2h	sweet spot	20C max, 6 rainy days
May	23°	2d	73%	12.4h	sweet spot	23C max, 2 rainy days
Jun	26°	1d	71%	12.9h	sweet spot	26C max, 1 rainy day
Jul	29°	0d	71%	12.8h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	30°	0d	71%	12.4h	sweet spot	30C max, 0 rainy days
Sep	28°	1d	75%	11.0h	sweet spot	28C max, 1 rainy day
Oct	25°	5d	77%	9.6h	sweet spot	25C max, 5 rainy days
Nov	20°	7d	81%	8.6h	good	20C max, 7 rainy days
Dec	17°	9d	82%	7.8h	okbusy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the medina and the bay, 12 km from the airport (TNG): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in July and December; quietest in March and June.

Then and now

Tangier's May days now average 23.3°C, 1.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 6 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	15.1°	15.9°	17.9°	18.7°	21.4°	25.5°	28.4°	29.1°	27.7°	23.4°	19.1°	16.3°
2017–26	16.1°	17.1°	17.9°	20.1°	23.3°	26.5°	29.2°	30.2°	27.6°	24.6°	19.9°	17.3°
Change	+1.0°	+1.2°	-0.0°	+1.4°	+1.9°	+1.0°	+0.7°	+1.1°	-0.0°	+1.1°	+0.8°	+1.0°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Tangier is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 127 / 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Moroccan dirham. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Morocco: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Still largely cash: cards work in bigger hotels, upscale restaurants and some shops, but markets, cafés and taxis want dirhams. Carry small notes.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Round up or leave 5-10% in cafés and casual restaurants, 10-15% in smarter ones; give taxi drivers a few dirhams.

Getting around Tangier

Apps — Rides: inDrive, Yango. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Tangier is very easy to navigate around; the two main roads are Boulevard Mohammed V which runs from near the Medina through the ville nouvelle and Boulevard Mohammed VI… More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Tangier, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — police 190 · ambulance and fire 150.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Tangier in pictures

Kasbah, Tánger, Marruecos, 2015 12 11, DD 27 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tangier 2 Morocco — i

Ilyas akalay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Faro del cabo Espartel, Marruecos, 2015 12 11, DD 02 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mghogha tangier city — i

Mghogha tangier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tangier طنجة — i

Makbula Nassar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Tangier is like

Tangier (Ar. طنجة, Tanjah, Fr. Tanger) is an important port city in Morocco. The third most populous city in the country, it's a popular entry point to Morocco and Africa as a whole due to its proximity to Spain, and an interesting destination in its own right. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Tangier is a city where there are rather few individual sights. Instead, the whole city can be considered one single big sight. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Walk around the city. Get happily lost in the medina, which is most active in evening and night. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Tangier receives flights from the largest cities in Western Europe and Morocco, most of them operated by budget carriers like RyanAir and AirArabia. Tangier-Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG IATA) (12 km (7.5 mi) from the city). More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Generally, central Tangier is a very safe city compared with many places in Europe though this does not necessarily apply to the suburbs. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Tangier, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Tangier

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Kind of place

Tangier is in Morocco, Africa. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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