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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • 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. Scottsdale 8, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Tel Aviv 52: Scottsdale leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Tel Aviv 55: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Tel Aviv 14: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Tel Aviv 35: Scottsdale leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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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ScottsdaleTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleTel Aviv
Official language-Hebrew
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation380 m5 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleTel Aviv
City population241,361467,875
People per km²-8,998
Museums within 10 km1098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.