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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Tel Aviv or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Tel Aviv leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Tromso 36: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Tromso 27: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Tromso 38: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Tromso 14: Tel Aviv leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Tromso 45: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Tromso 60: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Tromso 15: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Tromso 11: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Tromso 32: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Tromso.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivTromso
Official languageHebrewNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
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 102Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation5 m20 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivTromso
City population467,87579,943
People per km²8,99832
Museums within 10 km988
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.