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Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Salvador 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 Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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. Salvador 84, York 14: Salvador leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Salvador 66, York 42: Salvador leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Salvador 74, York 70: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Salvador 70, York 36: Salvador leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salvador 52, York 62: York leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Salvador 56, York 80: York leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Salvador 42, York 60: York leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Salvador 42, York 72: York leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Salvador 42, York 46: York leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Salvador 70, York 38: Salvador leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salvador 63, York 38: Salvador leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salvador 32, York 34: York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salvador and York.

Your match

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

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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.

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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. Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalvadorYork
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112 or 999
Elevation8 m25 m
Main airportDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalvadorYork
City population2,417,678208,400
People per km²3,489766
Museums within 10 km4924
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.