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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Lisbon 50, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Tel Aviv 57: Lisbon leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Tel Aviv 52: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Tel Aviv 64: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Tel Aviv 55: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Tel Aviv 14: Lisbon leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Tel Aviv 35: Lisbon leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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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LisbonTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonTel Aviv
Official languagePortugueseHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation100 m5 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonTel Aviv
City population545,796467,875
People per km²5,4538,998
Museums within 10 km8098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.