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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Tel Aviv or Warsaw?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Tel Aviv leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Warsaw 60: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Warsaw 66: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Warsaw 47: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Warsaw 52: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Warsaw 62: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv and Warsaw are level on 55.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Warsaw 63: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv and Warsaw are level on 35.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Warsaw.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivWarsaw
Official languageHebrewPolish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation5 m118 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivWarsaw
City population467,8751,862,402
People per km²8,9983,601
Museums within 10 km98117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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.