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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Tunis?

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 Amsterdam for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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. Amsterdam 25, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Tunis 76: Amsterdam leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Tunis 33: Amsterdam leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Tunis 45: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Tunis 77: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Tunis 38: Amsterdam leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Tunis 48: Amsterdam leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Tunis 50: Amsterdam leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Tunis 38: Amsterdam leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Tunis.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

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

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices 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.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamTunis
Official languageDutchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation-2 m4 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamTunis
City population921,468602,560
People per km²4,2082,834
Museums within 10 km10116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. 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.