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The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sydney 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 Sydney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • 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. Sydney 95, Tel Aviv 86: Sydney leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Sydney 77, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Sydney 60, Tel Aviv 57: Sydney leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Sydney 60, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sydney 85, Tel Aviv 52: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Sydney 50, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Sydney 75, Tel Aviv 68: Sydney leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Sydney 75, Tel Aviv 64: Sydney leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Sydney 68, Tel Aviv 55: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Sydney 22, Tel Aviv 14: Sydney leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sydney 73, Tel Aviv 70: Sydney leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sydney 55, Tel Aviv 35: Sydney leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sydney and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Sydney
Best match
66match

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

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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. Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSydneyTel Aviv
Official languageEnglishHebrew
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 100, fire 102
Elevation6 m5 m
Main airportSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSydneyTel Aviv
City population5,450,496467,875
People per km²4498,998
Museums within 10 km3898
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months7 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.