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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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. Genoa 62, Jerusalem 40: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Jerusalem 66: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Jerusalem 38: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Jerusalem 60: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Jerusalem 80: Genoa leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Jerusalem 52: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Jerusalem 55: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa and Jerusalem are level on 48.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Jerusalem 20: Genoa leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Jerusalem 40: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and beaches 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.

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

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. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaJerusalem
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
Elevation20 m754 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaJerusalem
City population558,7451,050,151
People per km²2,3258,374
Museums within 10 km5169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.