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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Seville?

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 Seville for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Jerusalem leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Seville 73: Seville leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Seville 82: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Seville 62: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Seville 52: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem and Seville are level on 80.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Seville 72: Seville leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Seville 55: Seville leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Seville 58: Seville leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Seville 68: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Seville 40: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Seville.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSeville
Official languageHebrewSpanish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation754 m18 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSeville
City population1,050,151689,423
People per km²8,3744,896
Museums within 10 km6924
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km71
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. 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.