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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. London 25, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Tunis 60: London leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Tunis 76: London leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Tunis 33: London leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Tunis 45: London leads by 12 points.
Day trips. London 90, Tunis 77: London leads by 13 points.
Good for families. London 82, Tunis 38: London leads by 44 points.
Getting around. London 85, Tunis 48: London leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Tunis 50: London leads by 45 points.
Affordability. London 15, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Tunis 38: London leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Tunis.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

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

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and 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

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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonTunis
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112 or 999Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation4 m4 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonTunis
City population8,799,728602,560
People per km²5,5982,834
Museums within 10 km21616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.