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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Salvador?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Salvador for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem and Salvador are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Salvador 74: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Salvador 52: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Salvador 56: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Salvador 42: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Salvador 42: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Salvador 42: Jerusalem leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Salvador 32: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Salvador.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
53match

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

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSalvador
Official languageHebrewPortuguese
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation754 m8 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSalvador
City population1,050,1512,417,678
People per km²8,3743,489
Museums within 10 km6949
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km71
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

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. 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.