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Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Newport Beach 70, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Newport Beach 50, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Newport Beach 20, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Newport Beach 33, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Newport Beach 66, Tel Aviv 52: Newport Beach leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Newport Beach 70, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Newport Beach 80, Tel Aviv 68: Newport Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Newport Beach 20, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Newport Beach 62, Tel Aviv 55: Newport Beach leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Newport Beach 15, Tel Aviv 14: Newport Beach leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Newport Beach 46, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Newport Beach 44, Tel Aviv 35: Newport Beach leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Newport Beach and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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.

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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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Newport BeachTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNewport BeachTel Aviv
Official language-Hebrew
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNewport BeachTel Aviv
City population85,239467,875
People per km²6228,998
Museums within 10 km498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.