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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • 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. Luang Prabang and York are level on 14.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang and York are level on 42.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, York 70: York leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, York 36: York leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, York 62: Luang Prabang leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, York 80: York leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, York 60: York leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, York 72: York leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, York 46: York leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, York 38: Luang Prabang leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, York 38: York leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, York 34: Luang Prabang leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and York.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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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Luang PrabangYork

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. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangYork
Official languageLaoEnglish
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112 or 999
Elevation305 m25 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangYork
City population53,792208,400
People per km²-766
Museums within 10 km024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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). 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). 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.