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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Newport Beach?

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
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Newport Beach 50: Jerusalem leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Newport Beach 20: Jerusalem leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Newport Beach 33: Jerusalem leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Newport Beach 70: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Newport Beach 20: Jerusalem leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Newport Beach 15: Jerusalem leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Newport Beach.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemNewport Beach
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m3 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemNewport Beach
City population1,050,15185,239
People per km²8,374622
Museums within 10 km694
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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.