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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Jerusalem or New Orleans?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, New Orleans 67: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, New Orleans 42: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, New Orleans 52: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem and New Orleans are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, New Orleans 40: New Orleans leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, New Orleans 25: Jerusalem leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and New Orleans.

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 day trips and beaches with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JerusalemNew Orleans

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). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemNew Orleans
Official languageHebrew-
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m-2 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemNew Orleans
City population1,050,151383,997
People per km²8,374423
Museums within 10 km6916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months7 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. 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.