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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Nairobi 4, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Tel Aviv 52: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Tel Aviv 14: Nairobi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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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NairobiTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiTel Aviv
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliHebrew
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999Police 100, fire 102
Elevation1,661 m5 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiTel Aviv
City population5,545,000467,875
People per km²7,9678,998
Museums within 10 km498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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. 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.