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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Geneva 45, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Tunis 33: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Tunis 45: Geneva leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Tunis 77: Geneva leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Tunis 38: Geneva leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Tunis 48: Geneva leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Tunis 50: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 81 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Tunis 38: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Geneva
57match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaTunis
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshArabic
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation403 m4 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaTunis
City population211,152602,560
People per km²13,2802,834
Museums within 10 km3416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.