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Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rotterdam or Tunis?

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 Rotterdam for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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. Rotterdam 27, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Rotterdam 52, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Rotterdam 58, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Rotterdam 52, Tunis 33: Rotterdam leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam 44, Tunis 45: Tunis leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Rotterdam 85, Tunis 77: Rotterdam leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Rotterdam 66, Tunis 38: Rotterdam leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Rotterdam 78, Tunis 48: Rotterdam leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Rotterdam 55, Tunis 50: Rotterdam leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Rotterdam 38, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam 58, Tunis 38: Rotterdam leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam 42, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotterdam and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Rotterdam
55match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotterdamTunis
Official languageDutchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation10 m4 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotterdamTunis
City population664,311602,560
People per km²2,0802,834
Museums within 10 km4016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.