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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Tel Aviv or Wellington?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Tel Aviv leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, Wellington 62: Tel Aviv leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, Wellington 44: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, Wellington 45: Tel Aviv leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, Wellington 40: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, Wellington 62: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, Wellington 42: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, Wellington 56: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, Wellington 30: Tel Aviv 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 Wellington.

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.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivWellington
Official languageHebrewEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102111
Elevation5 m0 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivWellington
City population467,875216,200
People per km²8,998487
Museums within 10 km9812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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. 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.