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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Bilbao 45, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Tunis 60: Bilbao leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Tunis 33: Bilbao leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Tunis 45: Bilbao leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Tunis 77: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Tunis 38: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Tunis 48: Bilbao leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Tunis 38: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Tunis.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoTunis
Official languageSpanishArabic
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
Elevation19 m4 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoTunis
City population351,124602,560
People per km²8,4402,834
Museums within 10 km1716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month5 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.