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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Tel Aviv or Victoria?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Tel Aviv leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Victoria 50: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Victoria 42: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Victoria 30: Tel Aviv leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Victoria 54: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Victoria 62: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Victoria 60: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Victoria 40: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Victoria 40: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Victoria.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivVictoria
Official languageHebrewFrench, English
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation5 m23 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivVictoria
City population467,87591,867
People per km²8,9984,711
Museums within 10 km986
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. 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.