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The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Halifax or London?

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 Halifax for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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. Halifax 32, London 25: Halifax leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Halifax 50, London 84: London leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Halifax 42, London 94: London leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Halifax 46, London 88: London leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Halifax 62, London 57: Halifax leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Halifax 63, London 90: London leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Halifax 55, London 82: London leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Halifax 48, London 85: London leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Halifax 35, London 95: London leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Halifax 38, London 15: Halifax leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Halifax 46, London 98: London leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Halifax 28, London 40: London leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Halifax and London.

Your match

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

Halifax
45match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HalifaxLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHalifaxLondon
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation28 m4 m
Main airportHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHalifaxLondon
City population440,0728,799,728
People per km²805,598
Museums within 10 km15216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.