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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Osaka 34, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Tel Aviv 80: Osaka leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Tel Aviv 57: Osaka leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Tel Aviv 52: Osaka leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Tel Aviv 84: Osaka leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Tel Aviv 68: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Tel Aviv 64: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Tel Aviv 55: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Tel Aviv 14: Osaka leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Tel Aviv 35: Osaka leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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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OsakaTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaTel Aviv
Official languageJapaneseHebrew
CurrencyYen (JPY)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 100, fire 102
Elevation20 m5 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaTel Aviv
City population2,751,862467,875
People per km²12,3408,998
Museums within 10 km4498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.