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La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Sebastian 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 San Sebastian for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. San Sebastian 68, Tunis 60: San Sebastian leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. San Sebastian 88, Tunis 60: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. San Sebastian 52, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. San Sebastian 44, Tunis 33: San Sebastian leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Sebastian 72, Tunis 45: San Sebastian leads by 27 points.
Day trips. San Sebastian 80, Tunis 77: San Sebastian leads by 3 points.
Good for families. San Sebastian 66, Tunis 38: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Getting around. San Sebastian 80, Tunis 48: San Sebastian leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. San Sebastian 40, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Affordability. San Sebastian 32, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Sebastian 45, Tunis 38: San Sebastian leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Sebastian 50, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Sebastian and Tunis.

Your match

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

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan SebastianTunis
Official languageSpanishArabic
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
Elevation6 m4 m
Main airportSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan SebastianTunis
City population189,866602,560
People per km²3,1182,834
Museums within 10 km1416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 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.