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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Lisbon 50, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Tunis 60: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Tunis 76: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Tunis 33: Lisbon leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Tunis 45: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Tunis 77: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Tunis 38: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Tunis 48: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Tunis 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Tunis 38: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Tunis.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonTunis
Official languagePortugueseArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation100 m4 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonTunis
City population545,796602,560
People per km²5,4532,834
Museums within 10 km8016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.