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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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. Manchester 9, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Tel Aviv 52: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Tel Aviv 64: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Tel Aviv 55: Manchester leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Tel Aviv 14: Manchester leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Tel Aviv 70: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterTel 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
Elevation38 m5 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterTel Aviv
City population547,627467,875
People per km²4,7378,998
Museums within 10 km2898
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.