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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Jerusalem or Vienna?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Jerusalem leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Vienna 89: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Vienna 74: Jerusalem leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Vienna.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemVienna
Official languageHebrewGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemVienna
City population1,050,1512,028,289
People per km²8,3744,890
Museums within 10 km69152
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.