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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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. Hamburg 28, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Tel Aviv 57: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg and Tel Aviv are level on 52.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Tel Aviv 68: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Tel Aviv 64: Hamburg leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Tel Aviv 55: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Tel Aviv 14: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Tel Aviv 70: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Tel Aviv 35: Hamburg leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hamburg
60match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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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HamburgTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgTel 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
Elevation6 m5 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgTel Aviv
City population1,869,473467,875
People per km²2,4768,998
Museums within 10 km7798
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.