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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Alicante or Tel Aviv?

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 Alicante for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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. Alicante 82, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Tel Aviv 52: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alicante and Tel Aviv are level on 68.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Tel Aviv 64: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Tel Aviv 14: Alicante leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Tel Aviv 35: Alicante leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Alicante
59match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteTel Aviv
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteTel Aviv
City population366,221467,875
People per km²1,8198,998
Museums within 10 km898
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.