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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tel Aviv or Toulouse?

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 Toulouse for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Tel Aviv leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Toulouse 66: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Toulouse 56: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Toulouse 72: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Toulouse 62: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Toulouse 50: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Toulouse 58: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Toulouse 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 Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivToulouse
Official languageHebrewFrench
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation5 m115 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivToulouse
City population467,875514,819
People per km²8,9984,352
Museums within 10 km9824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.