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Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jaipur 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 Jaipur for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

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. Jaipur 3, York 14: York leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Jaipur 66, York 42: Jaipur leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Jaipur 80, York 70: Jaipur leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Jaipur 25, York 36: York leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jaipur 38, York 62: York leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Jaipur 55, York 80: York leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Jaipur 25, York 60: York leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Jaipur 30, York 72: York leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Jaipur 74, York 46: Jaipur leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Jaipur 88, York 38: Jaipur leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jaipur 35, York 38: York leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jaipur 28, York 34: York leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jaipur and York.

Your match

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

Jaipur
46match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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

Jaipur 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 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. Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJaipurYork
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112 or 999
Elevation431 m25 m
Main airportJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJaipurYork
City population3,073,350208,400
People per km²-766
Museums within 10 km624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.