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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Ghent 25, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Jerusalem 38: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Jerusalem 80: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Jerusalem 55: Ghent leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Jerusalem 48: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Jerusalem 20: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Jerusalem 40: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 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: Ghent and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Ghent
54match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentJerusalem
Official languageFrench, German, DutchHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation12 m754 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGhentJerusalem
City population272,6571,050,151
People per km²1,7288,374
Museums within 10 km3069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km57
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.