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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • 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. Bilbao 45, Jerusalem 40: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Jerusalem 66: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Jerusalem 38: Bilbao leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Jerusalem 60: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Jerusalem 52: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Jerusalem 55: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Jerusalem 20: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Jerusalem 40: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 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: Bilbao and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoJerusalem
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation19 m754 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoJerusalem
City population351,1241,050,151
People per km²8,4408,374
Museums within 10 km1769
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month7 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.