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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach, St. Pete Beach
St. Pete BeachThe pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; St. Pete Beach by Jeffrey Eisen, Pexels License.

Jerusalem or St. Pete Beach?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose St. Pete Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Pete Beach’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, St. Pete Beach 87: St. Pete Beach leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, St. Pete Beach 40: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, St. Pete Beach 18: Jerusalem leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, St. Pete Beach 28: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, St. Pete Beach 57: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, St. Pete Beach 58: Jerusalem leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, St. Pete Beach 72: St. Pete Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, St. Pete Beach 30: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, St. Pete Beach 20: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, St. Pete Beach 32: St. Pete Beach leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, St. Pete Beach 20: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem and St. Pete Beach are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and St. Pete Beach.

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 shopping with your weighting.

St. Pete Beach
42match

Wins on beaches 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
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

St. Pete Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
185 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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.

St. Pete Beach 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.

St. Pete Beach's sunshine is measured 34 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). St. Pete Beach: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (12.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSt. Pete Beach
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-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102911
Elevation754 m2 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)21 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSt. Pete Beach
City population1,050,1518,879
People per km²8,374173
Museums within 10 km692
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.