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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sedona 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 Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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. Sedona 16, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona 20, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 74 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Tel Aviv 52: Sedona leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Tel Aviv 14: Sedona leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Tel Aviv 35: Sedona leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sedona and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Sedona
36match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 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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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaTel 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
Elevation1,319 m5 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 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

MeasureSedonaTel Aviv
City population9,684467,875
People per km²1958,998
Museums within 10 km098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.