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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Bilbao 45, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Tel Aviv 80: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Tel Aviv 57: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Tel Aviv 52: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Tel Aviv 64: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Tel Aviv 14: Bilbao leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Bilbao
59match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoTel 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
Elevation19 m5 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoTel Aviv
City population351,124467,875
People per km²8,4408,998
Museums within 10 km1798
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month7 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.