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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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. Mexico City 5, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Tel Aviv 80: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Tel Aviv 57: Mexico City leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Tel Aviv 55: Mexico City leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Tel Aviv 14: Mexico City leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Tel Aviv 70: Mexico City leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Tel Aviv 35: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mexico City
63match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Mexico CityTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityTel Aviv
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaHebrew
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation2,240 m5 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityTel Aviv
City population9,209,944467,875
People per km²6,2028,998
Museums within 10 km10898
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
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.