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The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Skopje 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 Skopje for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

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. Skopje 6, York 14: York leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Skopje 52, York 42: Skopje leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Skopje 56, York 70: York leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Skopje 42, York 36: Skopje leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Skopje 70, York 62: Skopje leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Skopje 56, York 80: York leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Skopje 35, York 60: York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Skopje 45, York 72: York leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Skopje 40, York 46: York leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Skopje 80, York 38: Skopje leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Skopje and York are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Skopje 27, York 34: York leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Skopje and York.

Your match

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

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around 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.

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 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

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

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. Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSkopjeYork
Official languageAlbanian, MacedonianEnglish
CurrencyDenar (MKD)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
Elevation251 m25 m
Main airportSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSkopjeYork
City population422,540208,400
People per km²739766
Museums within 10 km1724
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). 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.