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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Stuttgart?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Jerusalem leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Stuttgart 58: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Stuttgart 62: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem and Stuttgart are level on 60.
Day trips. Jerusalem and Stuttgart are level on 80.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Stuttgart.

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.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemStuttgart
Official languageHebrewGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemStuttgart
City population1,050,151609,365
People per km²8,3742,938
Museums within 10 km6942
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km73
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.