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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

London or Skopje?

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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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. London 25, Skopje 6: London leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Skopje 52: London leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Skopje 56: London leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Skopje 42: London leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 13 points.
Day trips. London 90, Skopje 56: London leads by 34 points.
Good for families. London 82, Skopje 35: London leads by 47 points.
Getting around. London 85, Skopje 45: London leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Skopje 40: London leads by 55 points.
Affordability. London 15, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Skopje 38: London leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Skopje 27: London leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Skopje.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

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

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonSkopje
Official languageEnglishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Denar (MKD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m251 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonSkopje
City population8,799,728422,540
People per km²5,598739
Museums within 10 km21617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.