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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Mexico City 5, York 14: York leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, York 42: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, York 70: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, York 36: Mexico City leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, York 62: York leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, York 80: York leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, York 60: York leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, York 72: York leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, York 46: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, York 38: Mexico City leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, York 38: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, York 34: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and York.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on getting around 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.

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 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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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. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityYork
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation2,240 m25 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityYork
City population9,209,944208,400
People per km²6,202766
Museums within 10 km10824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62

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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. 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.