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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • 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. Bucharest 8, York 14: York leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, York 42: Bucharest leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, York 70: York leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, York 36: Bucharest leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, York 62: York leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, York 80: York leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, York 60: York leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, York 72: York leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, York 46: York leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, York 38: Bucharest leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, York 38: Bucharest leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, York 34: Bucharest leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bucharest
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on day trips 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.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestYork
Official languageRomanianEnglish
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation70 m25 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestYork
City population1,716,961208,400
People per km²7,597766
Museums within 10 km4124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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. 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.