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A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

San Miguel de Allende 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 San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’s own page.

Choose York for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. San Miguel de Allende 4, York 14: York leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. San Miguel de Allende 62, York 42: San Miguel de Allende leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. San Miguel de Allende 62, York 70: York leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. San Miguel de Allende 38, York 36: San Miguel de Allende leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Miguel de Allende 40, York 62: York leads by 22 points.
Day trips. San Miguel de Allende 77, York 80: York leads by 3 points.
Good for families. San Miguel de Allende 32, York 60: York leads by 28 points.
Getting around. San Miguel de Allende 48, York 72: York leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. San Miguel de Allende 55, York 46: San Miguel de Allende leads by 9 points.
Affordability. San Miguel de Allende 50, York 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Miguel de Allende 40, York 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Miguel de Allende 66, York 34: San Miguel de Allende leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Miguel de Allende and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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.

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 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

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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 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. San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeYork
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
Elevation1,900 m25 m
Main airportGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeYork
City population69,811208,400
People per km²-766
Museums within 10 km224
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.