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The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Shanghai 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 Shanghai for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Shanghai 10, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Shanghai 88, Tunis 60: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Shanghai 72, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Shanghai 80, Tunis 33: Shanghai leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Shanghai 25, Tunis 45: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Shanghai 90, Tunis 77: Shanghai leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Shanghai 80, Tunis 38: Shanghai leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Shanghai 85, Tunis 48: Shanghai leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Shanghai 82, Tunis 50: Shanghai leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Shanghai 55, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Shanghai 66, Tunis 38: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Shanghai 55, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Shanghai and Tunis.

Your match

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

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureShanghaiTunis
Official languagePutonghuaArabic
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation4 m4 m
Main airportShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureShanghaiTunis
City population24,870,895602,560
People per km²3,9222,834
Museums within 10 km4516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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.