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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tel Aviv or Telluride?

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 Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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. Tel Aviv 86, Telluride 5: Tel Aviv leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Telluride 38: Tel Aviv leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Telluride 20: Tel Aviv leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Telluride 20: Tel Aviv leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Telluride 30: Tel Aviv leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Telluride 45: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Telluride 25: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Telluride 7: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Telluride 35: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Telluride.

Your match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivTelluride

Where the figures come from

Telluride 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. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivTelluride
Official languageHebrew-
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation5 m2,667 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivTelluride
City population467,8752,607
People per km²8,9981,372
Museums within 10 km980
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.