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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose York for

  • prices
  • 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. Paris 9, York 14: York leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, York 42: Paris leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, York 70: Paris leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, York 36: Paris leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, York 62: York leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, York 80: Paris leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, York 60: Paris leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, York 72: Paris leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, York 46: Paris leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, York 38: York leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, York 38: Paris leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, York 34: Paris leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and York.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisYork
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation27 m25 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisYork
City population2,103,778208,400
People per km²19,960766
Museums within 10 km25124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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.