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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • families

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. Izmir 62, York 14: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, York 42: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, York 70: York leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, York 36: Izmir leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, York 62: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, York 80: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, York 60: York leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, York 72: York leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, York 46: Izmir leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, York 38: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, York 38: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, York 34: Izmir leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and York.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirYork
Official languageTurkishEnglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation2 m25 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirYork
City population4,493,242208,400
People per km²4,760766
Museums within 10 km2924
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.