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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tallinn 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 Tallinn for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • 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. Tallinn 28, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Tel Aviv 57: Tallinn leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Tel Aviv 52: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Tel Aviv 64: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Tel Aviv 14: Tallinn leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Tel Aviv 35: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches 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.

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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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TallinnTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnTel Aviv
Official languageEstonianHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation28 m5 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnTel Aviv
City population457,572467,875
People per km²2,8718,998
Museums within 10 km1698
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.