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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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. Seattle 30, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Tunis 60: Seattle leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Tunis 33: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Tunis 45: Seattle leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Tunis 38: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Tunis 48: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Tunis 50: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Tunis 38: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tunis
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.

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleTunis
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation40 m4 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleTunis
City population737,015602,560
People per km²1,9962,834
Museums within 10 km2716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.