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The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Tunis or Wellington?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Tunis leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Tunis 60, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Tunis 76, Wellington 44: Tunis leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Tunis 33, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tunis 45, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Tunis 77, Wellington 40: Tunis leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Tunis 38, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Tunis 48, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Tunis 50, Wellington 42: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Tunis 86, Wellington 33: Tunis leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tunis 38, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tunis 58, Wellington 30: Tunis leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tunis and Wellington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTunisWellington
Official languageArabicEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyTunisian Dinar (TND)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 197, ambulance 190, fire 198111
Elevation4 m0 m
Main airportTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTunisWellington
City population602,560216,200
People per km²2,834487
Museums within 10 km1612
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.