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The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Tunis or Xi'an?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Tunis leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Tunis 60, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Tunis 76, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Tunis 33, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tunis 45, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Tunis 77, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Tunis 38, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Tunis 48, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Tunis and Xi'an are level on 50.
Affordability. Tunis 86, Xi'an 80: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tunis 38, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tunis 58, Xi'an 40: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tunis and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Tunis
56match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Xi'an
55match

Wins on getting around 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.

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTunisXi'an
Official languageArabicPutonghua
CurrencyTunisian Dinar (TND)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 197, ambulance 190, fire 198Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation4 m405 m
Main airportTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureTunisXi'an
City population602,56012,952,907
People per km²2,8341,283
Museums within 10 km169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.