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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Mendoza 6, York 14: York leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, York 42: Mendoza leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, York 70: York leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, York 36: Mendoza leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, York 62: Mendoza leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, York 80: York leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, York 60: York leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, York 72: York leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, York 46: York leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, York 38: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, York 38: York leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, York 34: Mendoza leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and York.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaYork
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112 or 999
Elevation769 m25 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaYork
City population127,160208,400
People per km²2,355766
Museums within 10 km124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.