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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Tel Aviv or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Tel Aviv leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, The Hague 48: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, The Hague 38: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv and The Hague are level on 52.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv and The Hague are level on 55.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, The Hague 58: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, The Hague 45: The Hague 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 The Hague.

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.

The Hague
56match

Wins on prices and getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivThe Hague

Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivThe Hague
Official languageHebrewDutch
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation5 m1 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivThe Hague
City population467,875548,320
People per km²8,9985,589
Museums within 10 km9854
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.