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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Cocoa Beach 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 Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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. Cocoa Beach 80, Jerusalem 40: Cocoa Beach leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 80 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Jerusalem 60: Cocoa Beach leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Jerusalem 52: Cocoa Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Jerusalem 20: Cocoa Beach leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
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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Cocoa BeachJerusalem

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach 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. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachJerusalem
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
Elevation0 m754 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachJerusalem
City population11,3541,050,151
People per km²2908,374
Museums within 10 km369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months7 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.