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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

New York 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 New York for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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. New York 50, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Tel Aviv 80: New York leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Tel Aviv 57: New York leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Tel Aviv 82: New York leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Tel Aviv 52: New York leads by 3 points.
Day trips. New York 68, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Tel Aviv 68: New York leads by 2 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Tel Aviv 64: New York leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Tel Aviv 55: New York leads by 42 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Tel Aviv 14: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Tel Aviv 70: New York leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 42, Tel Aviv 35: New York leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
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.

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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New YorkTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkTel Aviv
Official language-Hebrew
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation25 m5 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkTel Aviv
City population8,804,190467,875
People per km²7,2568,998
Museums within 10 km15798
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.