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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Jerusalem leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Tromso 36: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Tromso 27: Jerusalem leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem and Tromso are level on 38.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Tromso 14: Jerusalem leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Tromso 45: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Tromso 15: Jerusalem leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Tromso 11: Jerusalem leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Tromso 32: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Tromso 38: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Tromso.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

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

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemTromso
Official languageHebrewNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
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 102Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation754 m20 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemTromso
City population1,050,15179,943
People per km²8,37432
Museums within 10 km698
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
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. 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.