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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Montreal?

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 Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Montreal 60: Jerusalem leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Montreal 55: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Montreal.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
53match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

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
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemMontreal
Official languageHebrewFrench, English
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m31 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemMontreal
City population1,050,1511,895,211
People per km²8,3743,806
Museums within 10 km6937
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.