Quebec City or York?
Two destinations compared on nine measures of openly sourced data. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.
Your match
Too close to call, level with your weighting
Wins on nature & day trips and good for families with your weighting.
Wins on nightlife and year-round weather with your weighting.
What matters to you?
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Scoreboard
Each measure scored 0 to 100. Open a row for the figures behind the score.
Beaches & swimming. Quebec City and York are level on 0.
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season months | 0 | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 9 | 2 |
| Coast distance | 47 km | 50 km |
| Water distance | — | — |
Places to eat. Quebec City leads by 1 points.1
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 55 | 54 |
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 387 | 361 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 31 | 31 |
Museums & heritage. Quebec City and York are level on 46.
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 46 | 46 |
| Museums within 10 km | 26 | 18 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 19 | 16 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | 73 | 89 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 1 | 2 |
Nightlife. York leads by 12 points.12
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 31 | 43 |
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 250 | 450 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 195 | 353 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 78 | 78 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 8 | 14 |
Nature & day trips. Quebec City leads by 10 points.10
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 43 | 33 |
| Protected land share 50 km % | 7 | 17 |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 0 | 16 |
| Land share of disc % | 100 | 95 |
| Park area within 2 km | 172 hectares | 42 hectares |
Good for families. Quebec City leads by 7 points.7
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50 | 43 |
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 12 | 13 |
| Park area within 2 km | 172 hectares | 42 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 1 | 3 |
Sights concentration. Quebec City leads by 4 points.4
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 43 | 39 |
| Notable places within 2 km | 47 | 37 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 | 5 |
Value for money. Quebec City and York are level on 54.
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 54 | 54 |
| Price level global | 84 | 84.9 |
| Daily budget | — | — |
Year-round weather. York leads by 10 points.10
| Quebec City | York | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 46 | 56 |
| Monthly daytime high | -5.7 °C to 25.3 °C | 6.7 °C to 20.9 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 79 mm to 123 mm | 39 mm to 66 mm |
| Dry months | 0 | 1 |
When should you go?
The figures behind each month. Each row is shaded against that destination's own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Leeming (47.9 km from centre).
Getting there
| Flying from | Quebec City | York |
|---|---|---|
| TorontoYYZ, YHM, YTZ | 1 h 30 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 7 h 10 m no fares MAN · 104 km |
| New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA | 1 h 30 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 7 h 0 m no fares MAN · 104 km |
| Punta CanaPUJ | 4 h 20 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 8 h 40 m no fares MAN · 104 km |
| CancunCUN | 4 h 25 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 9 h 50 m no fares MAN · 104 km |
| ParisCDG, ORY, BVA | 6 h 55 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 1 h 25 m no fares LBA · 39 km |
| NantesNTE | 6 h 40 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 1 h 30 m no fares MAN · 104 km |
| MarseilleMRS | 7 h 30 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 2 h 5 m no fares MAN · 104 km |
| Montego BayMBJ | 4 h 25 m no fares YQB · 13 km | 9 h 25 m no fares MAN · 104 km |
The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it.
Before you go
| Measure | Quebec City | York |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | French, English | English |
| Currency | Canadian Dollar (CAD) | Pound Sterling (GBP) |
| Sockets | AB120 V, 60 Hz | G230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer | UTC, UTC+1 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 112 or 999 |
| Elevation | 98 m | 25 m |
| Main airport | Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre31 non-stop destinations | Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre73 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 10 days | 8 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Quebec City | York |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 574,482 | 208,400 |
| People per km² | 1,184 | 766 |
| Museums within 10 km | 16 | 24 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 2 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 47 | 54 |
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