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The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tel Aviv or West Palm Beach?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Tel Aviv 80, West Palm Beach 52: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Tel Aviv 57, West Palm Beach 42: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Tel Aviv 82, West Palm Beach 36: Tel Aviv leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tel Aviv 52, West Palm Beach 58: West Palm Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Tel Aviv 84, West Palm Beach 55: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Tel Aviv 68, West Palm Beach 66: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Tel Aviv 64, West Palm Beach 38: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Tel Aviv 55, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Tel Aviv 14, West Palm Beach 23: West Palm Beach leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tel Aviv 70, West Palm Beach 47: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tel Aviv 35, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and West Palm Beach.

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 day trips with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
50match

Wins on shopping 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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Tel AvivWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTel AvivWest Palm Beach
Official languageHebrew-
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation5 m6 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTel AvivWest Palm Beach
City population467,875117,415
People per km²8,998786
Museums within 10 km984
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 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. 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.