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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • 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. Granada 38, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Jerusalem 38: Granada leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Jerusalem 60: Granada leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Granada and Jerusalem are level on 52.
Getting around. Granada 68, Jerusalem 55: Granada leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Jerusalem 20: Granada leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Jerusalem 40: Granada leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Jerusalem 42: Granada leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

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. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaJerusalem
Official languageSpanishHebrew
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
Elevation693 m754 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaJerusalem
City population233,9751,050,151
People per km²2,6598,374
Museums within 10 km2069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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.