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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Florence 14, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Jerusalem 66: Florence leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Jerusalem 92: Florence leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Jerusalem 38: Florence leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Jerusalem 80: Florence leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Jerusalem 55: Florence leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Jerusalem 48: Florence leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Jerusalem 20: Florence leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Jerusalem 40: Florence leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence and Jerusalem are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

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. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceJerusalem
Official languageItalianHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation50 m754 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceJerusalem
City population360,9301,050,151
People per km²3,5288,374
Museums within 10 km14169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km47
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.