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The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santa Marta 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 Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • 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. Santa Marta 70, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Santa Marta 44, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Marta 34, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Santa Marta 50, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Marta 84, Tel Aviv 52: Santa Marta leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Santa Marta 38, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Santa Marta 40, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Santa Marta 38, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Marta 27, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Santa Marta 80, Tel Aviv 14: Santa Marta leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Marta 17, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Marta 30, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Marta and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Santa Marta
46match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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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Santa MartaTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MartaTel Aviv
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number123Police 100, fire 102
Elevation8 m5 m
Main airportSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MartaTel Aviv
City population505,915467,875
People per km²1,7238,998
Museums within 10 km398
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.