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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

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

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • 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. Hamburg 28, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Jerusalem 38: Hamburg leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Jerusalem 52: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Jerusalem 55: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Jerusalem 48: Hamburg leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Jerusalem 20: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Jerusalem 40: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Jerusalem 42: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgJerusalem
Official languageGermanHebrew
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
Elevation6 m754 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgJerusalem
City population1,869,4731,050,151
People per km²2,4768,374
Museums within 10 km7769
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
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.