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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Atlanta or Jerusalem?

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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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. Atlanta 10, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Jerusalem 66: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Jerusalem 38: Atlanta leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta and Jerusalem are level on 60.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Jerusalem 52: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Jerusalem 48: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Jerusalem 20: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Jerusalem 40: Atlanta leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Jerusalem has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaJerusalem
Official language-Hebrew
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation225 m754 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaJerusalem
City population498,7151,050,151
People per km²1,4338,374
Museums within 10 km2769
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.