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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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. Las Vegas 10, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Tel Aviv 82: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Tel Aviv 52: Las Vegas leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Tel Aviv 55: Las Vegas leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Tel Aviv 14: Las Vegas leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Tel Aviv 70: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Tel Aviv 35: Las Vegas leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches 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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
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. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasTel Aviv
Official language-Hebrew
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation610 m5 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasTel Aviv
City population641,903467,875
People per km²1,8438,998
Museums within 10 km2198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.