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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Seville 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 Seville for

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

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

Choose York for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Seville 18, York 14: Seville leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, York 42: Seville leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, York 70: Seville leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, York 36: Seville leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, York 62: York leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Seville and York are level on 80.
Good for families. Seville 55, York 60: York leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Seville and York are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, York 46: Seville leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, York 38: Seville leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, York 38: Seville leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, York 34: Seville leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and York.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

York
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleYork
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation18 m25 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleYork
City population689,423208,400
People per km²4,896766
Museums within 10 km2424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.