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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Tel Aviv or Venice?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Venice 60: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Venice 94: Venice leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Venice 27: Tel Aviv leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Venice 45: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Venice 86: Venice leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Venice 45: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Venice 68: Venice leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Venice 57: Venice leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Venice 20: Venice leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Venice 62: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Venice 40: Venice leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Venice.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Venice
55match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 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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Where the figures come from

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivVenice
Official languageHebrewItalian
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation5 m2 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivVenice
City population467,875250,369
People per km²8,998602
Museums within 10 km9852
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 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.