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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. Austin 30, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Austin and Jerusalem are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Jerusalem 38: Austin leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Jerusalem 52: Austin leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Jerusalem 20: Austin leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Jerusalem 40: Austin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinJerusalem
Official language-Hebrew
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation149 m754 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAustinJerusalem
City population961,8551,050,151
People per km²1,2178,374
Museums within 10 km2169
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.