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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Jerusalem or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Macau for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Jerusalem leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Macau 77: Macau leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Macau 62: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Macau 40: Macau leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Macau 5: Jerusalem leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Macau 52: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Macau 48: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Macau 60: Macau leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Macau 58: Macau leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Macau 44: Macau leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Macau 36: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Macau 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 Macau.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemMacau
Official languageHebrewPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102999
Elevation754 m22 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemMacau
City population1,050,151682,100
People per km²8,3745,916
Museums within 10 km6928
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km71
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months8 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. 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. 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.