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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Bath 10, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bath and Jerusalem are level on 80.
Good for families. Bath 50, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Jerusalem 55: Bath leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Jerusalem 48: Bath leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Jerusalem 20: Bath leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Jerusalem 40: Bath leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Jerusalem 42: Bath leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathJerusalem
Official languageEnglishHebrew
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 100, fire 102
Elevation132 m754 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBathJerusalem
City population94,0921,050,151
People per km²3,2458,374
Museums within 10 km1769
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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). 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. 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.