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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tokyo or Tunis?

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 Tokyo for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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. Tokyo 40, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Tunis 60: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Tunis 76: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Tunis 33: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Tunis 45: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Tunis 77: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Tunis 38: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Tunis 48: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Tunis 50: Tokyo leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Tunis 38: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Tunis 58: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Tunis.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoTunis
Official languageJapaneseArabic
CurrencyYen (JPY)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation6 m4 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoTunis
City population14,264,798602,560
People per km²6,5012,834
Museums within 10 km19216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.