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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Dresden 10, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Tel Aviv 57: Dresden leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Tel Aviv 52: Dresden leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Tel Aviv 64: Dresden leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Tel Aviv 14: Dresden leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Tel Aviv 70: Dresden leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Tel Aviv 35: Dresden leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Dresden
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenTel Aviv
Official languageGermanHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 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
Elevation126 m5 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenTel Aviv
City population562,764467,875
People per km²1,7138,998
Museums within 10 km7098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.