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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • 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. Frankfurt 8, York 14: York leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, York 42: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, York 70: York leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, York 36: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, York 62: York leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, York 80: Frankfurt leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, York 60: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, York 72: Frankfurt leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, York 46: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt and York are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, York 38: Frankfurt leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, York 34: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and York.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

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

York
49match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtYork
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
Elevation101 m25 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtYork
City population760,656208,400
People per km²3,063766
Museums within 10 km5324
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.