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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Oaxaca?

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

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Jerusalem leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Oaxaca 74: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Oaxaca 65: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Oaxaca 40: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem and Oaxaca are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Oaxaca 38: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Oaxaca.

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 beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JerusalemOaxaca

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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemOaxaca
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-6
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m1,555 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemOaxaca
City population1,050,151258,913
People per km²8,3743,028
Museums within 10 km6910
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km72
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.