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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Salt Lake City?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Salt Lake City 40: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Salt Lake City 42: Jerusalem leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Salt Lake City 30: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Salt Lake City 34: Jerusalem leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Salt Lake City 42: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Salt Lake City 36: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JerusalemSalt Lake City

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). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSalt Lake City
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m1,288 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSalt Lake City
City population1,050,151199,723
People per km²8,374690
Museums within 10 km6912
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.