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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Stockholm?

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 Stockholm for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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 and Stockholm are level on 40.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Stockholm 64: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Stockholm 77: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Stockholm 68: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Stockholm 30: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
53match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemStockholm
Official languageHebrewSwedish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Swedish Krona (SEK)
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 m22 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemStockholm
City population1,050,151984,748
People per km²8,3745,260
Museums within 10 km69266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km73
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.