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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Jerusalem leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Steamboat Springs 30: Jerusalem leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Steamboat Springs 14: Jerusalem leads by 78 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Steamboat Springs 20: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Steamboat Springs 12: Jerusalem leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Steamboat Springs 46: Jerusalem leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Steamboat Springs 22: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Steamboat Springs 17: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Steamboat Springs 28: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Steamboat Springs.

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.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 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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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.

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemSteamboat Springs
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 m2,052 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemSteamboat Springs
City population1,050,15113,224
People per km²8,374503
Museums within 10 km690
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.