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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Muscat 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 Muscat for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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. Muscat 72, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 68 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Tel Aviv 52: Muscat leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Tel Aviv 14: Muscat leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Tel Aviv 35: Muscat leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatTel Aviv
Official languageArabicHebrew
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number968Police 100, fire 102
Elevation69 m5 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatTel Aviv
City population1,421,409467,875
People per km²4068,998
Museums within 10 km1098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.