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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem and Toulouse are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Toulouse 64: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Toulouse 58: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Toulouse 72: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Toulouse 27: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Jerusalem
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Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemToulouse
Official languageHebrewFrench
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112
Elevation754 m115 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemToulouse
City population1,050,151514,819
People per km²8,3744,352
Museums within 10 km6924
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km72
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.