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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Tel Aviv 57: Bordeaux leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Tel Aviv 52: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Tel Aviv 64: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Tel Aviv 55: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Tel Aviv 14: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Tel Aviv 35: Bordeaux leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on prices and getting around 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxTel Aviv
Official languageFrenchHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation1 m5 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxTel Aviv
City population267,991467,875
People per km²5,4258,998
Museums within 10 km1898
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.