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The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Tunis or Washington DC?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Tunis leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Tunis 60, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Tunis 76, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Tunis 33, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tunis 45, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Tunis 77, Washington DC 73: Tunis leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Tunis 38, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Tunis 48, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Tunis 50, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Tunis 86, Washington DC 28: Tunis leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tunis 38, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tunis 58, Washington DC 26: Tunis leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tunis and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TunisWashington DC

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTunisWashington DC
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyTunisian Dinar (TND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 197, ambulance 190, fire 198911
Elevation4 m72 m
Main airportTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTunisWashington DC
City population602,560689,545
People per km²2,8343,896
Museums within 10 km1698
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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). 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.