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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • 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. Paris 9, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Tel Aviv 80: Paris leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Tel Aviv 57: Paris leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris and Tel Aviv are level on 52.
Day trips. Paris 92, Tel Aviv 84: Paris leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Tel Aviv 68: Paris leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Tel Aviv 64: Paris leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Tel Aviv 55: Paris leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Tel Aviv 14: Paris leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Tel Aviv 70: Paris leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Tel Aviv 35: Paris leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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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ParisTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisTel Aviv
Official languageFrenchHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation27 m5 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureParisTel Aviv
City population2,103,778467,875
People per km²19,9608,998
Museums within 10 km25198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.