Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
AlUla 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 AlUla for
- nature and the outdoors
- culture and sights
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on AlUla’s own page.
Choose Tel Aviv for
- beaches
- nightlife
- day trips
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Tel Aviv.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on beaches 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.
AlUla in July
Tel Aviv in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
AlUla 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. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | AlUla | Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic | Hebrew |
| Currency | Saudi Riyal (SAR) | New Israeli Sheqel (ILS) |
| Sockets | G60 Hz | CHM230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+3 | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 or 911 | Police 100, fire 102 |
| Elevation | 692 m | 5 m |
| Main airport | Al-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinations | Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations |
By the numbers
| Measure | AlUla | Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 32,413 | 467,875 |
| People per km² | - | 8,998 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 98 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 2 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | - | 7 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow AlUla or Tel Aviv somewhere new.