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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Kyoto 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 Kyoto for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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.

Beaches & swimming. Kyoto 15, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, Tel Aviv 80: Kyoto leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, Tel Aviv 57: Kyoto leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, Tel Aviv 52: Kyoto leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, Tel Aviv 84: Kyoto leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Kyoto and Tel Aviv are level on 68.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, Tel Aviv 64: Kyoto leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, Tel Aviv 55: Kyoto leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, Tel Aviv 14: Kyoto leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, Tel Aviv 35: Kyoto leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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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Where the figures come from

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoTel Aviv
Official languageJapaneseHebrew
CurrencyYen (JPY)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 100, fire 102
Elevation51 m5 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoTel Aviv
City population1,463,723467,875
People per km²1,7688,998
Museums within 10 km7798
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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.