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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Las Vegas?

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 Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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. Jerusalem 40, Las Vegas 10: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Las Vegas 25: Jerusalem leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Las Vegas 25: Jerusalem leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Las Vegas 25: Jerusalem leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Las Vegas 38: Jerusalem leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Las Vegas 35: Las Vegas leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Las Vegas 40: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemLas Vegas
Official languageHebrew-
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m610 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemLas Vegas
City population1,050,151641,903
People per km²8,3741,843
Museums within 10 km6921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.