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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose York for

  • families
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Oaxaca 5, York 14: York leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, York 42: Oaxaca leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, York 70: Oaxaca leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, York 36: Oaxaca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca and York are level on 62.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, York 80: York leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, York 60: York leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, York 72: York leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, York 46: Oaxaca leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, York 38: Oaxaca leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca and York are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, York 34: Oaxaca leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and York.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaYork
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
Elevation1,555 m25 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaYork
City population258,913208,400
People per km²3,028766
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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.