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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Tel Aviv or Valencia?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Valencia 74: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Valencia 66: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Valencia 70: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Valencia 55: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Valencia.

Your match

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

Tel Aviv
62match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivValencia
Official languageHebrewSpanish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Euro (EUR)
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 102112
Elevation5 m15 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivValencia
City population467,875840,792
People per km²8,9986,242
Museums within 10 km9845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.