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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches

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. London 25, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Tel Aviv 80: London leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Tel Aviv 57: London leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Tel Aviv 82: London leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Tel Aviv 52: London leads by 5 points.
Day trips. London 90, Tel Aviv 84: London leads by 6 points.
Good for families. London 82, Tel Aviv 68: London leads by 14 points.
Getting around. London 85, Tel Aviv 64: London leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Tel Aviv 55: London leads by 40 points.
Affordability. London 15, Tel Aviv 14: London leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Tel Aviv 70: London leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Tel Aviv 35: London leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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LondonTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonTel Aviv
Official languageEnglishHebrew
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 100, fire 102
Elevation4 m5 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLondonTel Aviv
City population8,799,728467,875
People per km²5,5988,998
Museums within 10 km21698
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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.