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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • 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. Tirana 46, York 14: Tirana leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, York 42: Tirana leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, York 70: York leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, York 36: Tirana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana and York are level on 62.
Day trips. Tirana 64, York 80: York leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, York 60: York leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, York 72: York leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, York 46: York leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, York 38: Tirana leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, York 38: York leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 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: Tirana and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaYork
Official languageAlbanianEnglish
CurrencyLek (ALL)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation110 m25 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaYork
City population389,323208,400
People per km²9,314766
Museums within 10 km1124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.