What to do in Tel Aviv when it rains
The weather needn't spoil Tel Aviv. Its galleries, museums and indoor markets are at their best on a grey day, with cafés on every corner.
Museums
Spend a few hours in the city's museums — many are free, and a rainy day is the perfect excuse to take your time.
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art Sderot Sha'ul HaMelech 27, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- ANU Museum of the Jewish People Klausner St 15, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6139202, Israel
- Eretz Israel Museum Chaim Levanon St 2, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Bialik Square Bialik St 27, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Whiskey Bar & Museum | וויסקי בר מוזיאון מתחם שרונה, Rav Aluf David Elazar 27, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History Klausner St 12, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Art galleries
Duck into the art galleries; they're quiet, warm and rarely busier than on a wet day.
- Teder.fm Romano, Derech Jaffa 9, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Kuli Alma Mikve Israel St 10, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- בית אריאלה - אירועים ותערוכות Sderot Sha'ul HaMelech 25, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- Beit Kandinof HaTsorfim St 14, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Nachalat Binyamin Art Fair Nahalat Binyamin St 11, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Kipod Tattoo Piercing Shop King George St 44, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6329807, Israel
Historic sites
Explore the indoor historic sites and their covered galleries.
- The Clock Tower Yefet St 14, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Park HaTachana Kaufmann St, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Old Jaffa Tayelet Mifraz Shlomo St 1, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Sheva Tahanot Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Ben-Gurion House Sderot Ben Gurion 17, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- Tel Aviv-Yafo City Museum Bialik St 27, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6332433, Israel
Covered markets
Browse the covered market — street-food stalls, local makers and somewhere dry to graze for an hour.
- Sarona Market Aluf Kalman Magen St 3, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Carmel Market HaCarmel St 35, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Levinski Market Levinski St, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- HaTikva Market Htikva market, HaTikva St 10, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Nachalat Binyamin Art Fair Nahalat Binyamin St 11, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Bezalel Market Beitlehem St 1, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6329201, Israel
Cafés
Claim a window seat in a cosy café and watch the rain instead of walking in it.
- Migdalor Cafe Rekhav'am Ze'evi Gandi St 1, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Under the Tree Ben Yehuda St 202, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Nabi Yuna Yona HaNavi St 43, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- CafeXoho Ben Yehuda St 73, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6343501, Israel
- Herzl 16 Herzl St 16, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Café 38 Shlomo HaMelekh St 38, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6437827, Israel
Indoor shopping
Hit the covered shopping streets and centres — everything under one roof.
- Dizengoff Center Dizengoff St 50, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Azrieli Mall Menakhem Begin Rd 132, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- TLV Mall Carlebach St 4, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6713208, Israel
- עזריאלי תל אביב - EGZ Azrieli Center, Menakhem Begin Rd, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6701101, Israel
- תחנה מרכזית Levinski St 106, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Azrieli Givatayim Derech Yitshak Rabin 53, Giv'atayim, Israel
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