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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

San Francisco 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 San Francisco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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. San Francisco 25, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. San Francisco 82, Tel Aviv 80: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. San Francisco 68, Tel Aviv 57: San Francisco leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. San Francisco 58, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Francisco 80, Tel Aviv 52: San Francisco leads by 28 points.
Day trips. San Francisco 72, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Good for families. San Francisco 66, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Getting around. San Francisco 70, Tel Aviv 64: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. San Francisco 58, Tel Aviv 55: San Francisco leads by 3 points.
Affordability. San Francisco and Tel Aviv are level on 14.
Live music & performing arts. San Francisco 76, Tel Aviv 70: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Francisco 42, Tel Aviv 35: San Francisco leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Francisco and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

San Francisco
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
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.

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
15 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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San FranciscoTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan FranciscoTel 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
Elevation16 m5 m
Main airportSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSan FranciscoTel Aviv
City population873,965467,875
People per km²1,4558,998
Museums within 10 km5198
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.