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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, York 14: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, York 42: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, York 70: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, York 36: Berlin leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, York 62: York leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, York 80: York leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, York 60: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, York 72: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, York 46: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, York 38: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, York 38: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, York 34: Berlin leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and York.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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

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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinYork
Official languageGermanEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation34 m25 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinYork
City population3,700,577208,400
People per km²4,153766
Museums within 10 km15724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.