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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
A boat in the swell beside El Arco, Los Cabos
Los CabosA boat in the swell beside El Arco

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Los Cabos by Jules Clark, Pexels License.

Jerusalem or Los Cabos?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Los Cabos for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Cabos’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, Los Cabos 84: Los Cabos leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Los Cabos 54: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Los Cabos 20: Jerusalem leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Los Cabos 66: Los Cabos leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Los Cabos 78: Los Cabos leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Los Cabos 42: Jerusalem leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Los Cabos 55: Los Cabos leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Los Cabos 28: Jerusalem leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Los Cabos 36: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Los Cabos 28: Los Cabos leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Los Cabos 12: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Los Cabos 58: Los Cabos leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Los Cabos.

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.

Los Cabos
47match

Wins on beaches 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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Los Cabos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
19 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
13 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.

Los Cabos has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Los Cabos: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemLos Cabos
Official languageHebrewSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m11 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsLos Cabos International Airport (SJD)35 km from centre54 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemLos Cabos
City population1,050,151202,694
People per km²8,374-
Museums within 10 km691
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.