Photos: Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.
Tel Aviv or Zadar?
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
- live music and the arts
- food and drink
What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’s own page.
Choose Zadar for
- prices
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tel Aviv and Zadar.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.
Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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
Zadar in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Zadar 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.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Tel Aviv | Zadar |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Hebrew | Croatian |
| Currency | New Israeli Sheqel (ILS) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CHM230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 100, fire 102 | 112 |
| Elevation | 5 m | 5 m |
| Main airport | Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations | Zadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 14 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Tel Aviv | Zadar |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 467,875 | 70,779 |
| People per km² | 8,998 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 98 | 1 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 2 | 2 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 7 months | 4 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Tel Aviv or Zadar somewhere new.