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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or York?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose York for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, York 42: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, York 70: Jerusalem leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, York 36: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, York 62: York leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem and York are level on 80.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, York 60: York leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, York 72: York leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, York 46: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, York 38: York leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, York 38: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, York 34: Jerusalem leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and York.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on prices 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemYork
Official languageHebrewEnglish
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102112 or 999
Elevation754 m25 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemYork
City population1,050,151208,400
People per km²8,374766
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. 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.