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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tel Aviv or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tel Aviv leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping 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
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivTokyo
Official languageHebrewJapanese
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102Police 110, fire 119
Elevation5 m6 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivTokyo
City population467,87514,264,798
People per km²8,9986,501
Museums within 10 km98192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.