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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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. Scottsdale 8, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Tunis 33: Scottsdale leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Tunis 45: Scottsdale leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Tunis 38: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Tunis 50: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Tunis 38: Scottsdale leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Tunis 58: Scottsdale leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Tunis.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

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

Tunis
Best match
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.

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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ScottsdaleTunis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleTunis
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation380 m4 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleTunis
City population241,361602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.