Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
Essaouira 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 Essaouira for
- prices
- wellness
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Essaouira’s own page.
Choose Tel Aviv for
- nightlife
- day trips
- 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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Tel Aviv.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.
Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Essaouira in July
Tel Aviv in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Essaouira has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Essaouira | Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight | Hebrew |
| Currency | Moroccan Dirham (MAD) | New Israeli Sheqel (ILS) |
| Sockets | CE50 Hz | CHM230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1 | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15 | Police 100, fire 102 |
| Elevation | 11 m | 5 m |
| Main airport | Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations | Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | - |
By the numbers
| Measure | Essaouira | Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 82,962 | 467,875 |
| People per km² | 16,592 | 8,998 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 98 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 2 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 7 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Essaouira or Tel Aviv somewhere new.