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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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, San Miguel de Allende 4: Jerusalem leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, San Miguel de Allende 62: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, San Miguel de Allende 62: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem and San Miguel de Allende are level on 38.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, San Miguel de Allende 40: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, San Miguel de Allende 77: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, San Miguel de Allende 32: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, San Miguel de Allende 48: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem and San Miguel de Allende are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 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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JerusalemSan Miguel de Allende

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.

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSan Miguel de Allende
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 m1,900 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSan Miguel de Allende
City population1,050,15169,811
People per km²8,374-
Museums within 10 km692
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.