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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Perth?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Perth 58: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Perth 42: Jerusalem leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Perth 42: Perth leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Perth 72: Perth leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Perth 48: Jerusalem leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Perth 74: Perth leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem and Perth are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Perth 44: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Perth 28: Perth leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Perth 50: Perth leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Perth 38: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Jerusalem
53match

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

Perth
53match

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
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemPerth
Official languageHebrewEnglish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102000
Elevation754 m2 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemPerth
City population1,050,1512,141,834
People per km²8,374334
Museums within 10 km6915
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km71
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months5 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Jerusalem or Perth somewhere new.

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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.