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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Tel Aviv or Valparaiso?

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
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Tel Aviv leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Valparaiso 50: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Valparaiso 56: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Valparaiso 63: Tel Aviv leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Valparaiso 33: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Valparaiso 44: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Valparaiso 30: Tel Aviv leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Valparaiso 38: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Valparaiso 18: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Valparaiso.

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 families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivValparaiso
Official languageHebrewSpanish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation5 m21 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivValparaiso
City population467,875296,655
People per km²8,9986,180
Museums within 10 km9817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.