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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Cartagena 70, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Tel Aviv 57: Cartagena leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Tel Aviv 14: Cartagena leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Tel Aviv 35: Cartagena leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaTel Aviv
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number123Police 100, fire 102
Elevation2 m5 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaTel Aviv
City population914,552467,875
People per km²1,5998,998
Museums within 10 km298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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). 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.