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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Mazatlan?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Mazatlan 62: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Mazatlan 42: Jerusalem leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Mazatlan 45: Jerusalem leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Mazatlan 42: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Mazatlan 30: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem and Mazatlan are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Mazatlan 35: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Jerusalem
53match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices 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.

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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemMazatlan
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 m139 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemMazatlan
City population1,050,151441,975
People per km²8,374-
Museums within 10 km693
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.