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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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. Mumbai 18, York 14: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, York 42: Mumbai leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai and York are level on 70.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, York 36: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, York 62: York leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, York 80: York leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, York 60: York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, York 72: York leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, York 46: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, York 38: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, York 38: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, York 34: York leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on getting around 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiYork
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112 or 999
Elevation14 m25 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiYork
City population15,414,288208,400
People per km²25,563766
Museums within 10 km124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.