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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tel Aviv or Tunis?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Tunis 60: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Tunis 33: Tel Aviv leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Tunis 45: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Tunis 77: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Tunis 38: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Tunis 48: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Tunis 50: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Tunis 38: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Tunis.

Your match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivTunis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivTunis
Official languageHebrewArabic
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation5 m4 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivTunis
City population467,875602,560
People per km²8,9982,834
Museums within 10 km9816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.