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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Jerusalem or London?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, London 84: London leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, London 94: London leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, London 88: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, London 57: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, London 90: London leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, London 82: London leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, London 85: London leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, London 95: London leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, London 15: Jerusalem leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, London 98: London leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, London 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 London.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemLondon
Official languageHebrewEnglish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112 or 999
Elevation754 m4 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemLondon
City population1,050,1518,799,728
People per km²8,3745,598
Museums within 10 km69216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km74
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.