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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Cartagena 70, Tunis 60: Cartagena leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Tunis 60: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Tunis 33: Cartagena leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Tunis 45: Cartagena leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Tunis 38: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Tunis 48: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Tunis 38: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Tunis.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips 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.

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

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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaTunis
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1
Emergency number123Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation2 m4 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaTunis
City population914,552602,560
People per km²1,5992,834
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. 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.