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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

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

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • 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. Maastricht 8, York 14: York leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, York 42: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, York 70: York leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, York 36: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, York 62: York leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, York 80: York leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, York 60: York leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, York 72: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, York 46: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Maastricht and York are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, York 38: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, York 34: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and York.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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

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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtYork
Official languageDutchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation49 m25 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtYork
City population120,227208,400
People per km²2,000766
Museums within 10 km2124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.