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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or New 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 Bordeaux for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New York for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New 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. Bordeaux and New York are level on 50.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, New York 92: New York leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, New York 89: New York leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, New York 97: New York leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, New York 55: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, New York 68: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, New York 70: New York leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, New York 82: New York leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, New York 97: New York leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, New York 12: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, New York 99: New York leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, New York 42: New York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and New York.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BordeauxNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxNew York
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m25 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxNew York
City population267,9918,804,190
People per km²5,4257,256
Museums within 10 km18157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.