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The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tunis or Victoria?

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 Tunis for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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. Tunis 60, Victoria 28: Tunis leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Tunis 60, Victoria 50: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Tunis 76, Victoria 42: Tunis leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Tunis 33, Victoria 30: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tunis 45, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Tunis 77, Victoria 54: Tunis leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Tunis 38, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Tunis 48, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Tunis 50, Victoria 40: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Tunis 86, Victoria 34: Tunis leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tunis 38, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tunis 58, Victoria 48: Tunis leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tunis and Victoria.

Your match

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

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureTunisVictoria
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyTunisian Dinar (TND)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 197, ambulance 190, fire 198911
Elevation4 m23 m
Main airportTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTunisVictoria
City population602,56091,867
People per km²2,8344,711
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.