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The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santiago 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 Santiago for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Santiago 12, York 14: York leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Santiago 60, York 42: Santiago leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago 52, York 70: York leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Santiago 60, York 36: Santiago leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago 83, York 62: Santiago leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Santiago 70, York 80: York leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Santiago 57, York 60: York leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Santiago 68, York 72: York leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago 52, York 46: Santiago leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Santiago 58, York 38: Santiago leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago 55, York 38: Santiago leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago 37, York 34: Santiago leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago and York.

Your match

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

Santiago
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 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. Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiagoYork
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112 or 999
Elevation575 m25 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiagoYork
City population6,257,516208,400
People per km²7,468766
Museums within 10 km5424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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.