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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tel Aviv or Tirana?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Tirana 57: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Tirana 42: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Tirana 58: Tel Aviv leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Tirana 64: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Tirana 40: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Tirana 54: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Tirana 32: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Tirana 32: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Tirana 27: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Tirana.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivTirana
Official languageHebrewAlbanian
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation5 m110 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivTirana
City population467,875389,323
People per km²8,9989,314
Museums within 10 km9811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months5 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. 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.