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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Positano 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 Positano for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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. Positano 77, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Tel Aviv 52: Positano leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Tel Aviv 84: Positano leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Tel Aviv 14: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Tel Aviv 35: Positano leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoTel Aviv
Official languageItalianHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation142 m5 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoTel Aviv
City population3,729467,875
People per km²4298,998
Museums within 10 km1098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.