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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Porto?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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 and Porto are level on 40.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Porto 70: Porto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Porto 68: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Porto 65: Porto leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Porto 64: Porto leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Porto 79: Jerusalem leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem and Porto are level on 52.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Porto 66: Porto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Porto 52: Porto leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Porto 62: Porto leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Porto 52: Porto leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Porto 34: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Porto.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
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). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemPorto
Official languageHebrewPortuguese
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation754 m104 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemPorto
City population1,050,151273,476
People per km²8,3746,606
Museums within 10 km6942
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km73
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.