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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • shopping
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Jerusalem 40: Dubrovnik leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Jerusalem 60: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Jerusalem 55: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Jerusalem 20: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

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. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikJerusalem
Official languageCroatianHebrew
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
Elevation10 m754 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikJerusalem
City population41,5621,050,151
People per km²-8,374
Museums within 10 km769
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km37
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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.