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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Calgary 8, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Tunis 33: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Tunis 45: Calgary leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Tunis 38: Calgary leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Tunis 38: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 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: Calgary and Tunis.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

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

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryTunis
Official languageFrench, EnglishArabic
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation1,045 m4 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryTunis
City population1,306,784602,560
People per km²1,5832,834
Museums within 10 km1316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.