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Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Toledo 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 Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose York for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Toledo 5, York 14: York leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Toledo 40, York 42: York leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Toledo 79, York 70: Toledo leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Toledo 22, York 36: York leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toledo 40, York 62: York leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Toledo 78, York 80: York leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Toledo 45, York 60: York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Toledo 64, York 72: York leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Toledo 32, York 46: York leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Toledo 58, York 38: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toledo 22, York 38: York leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toledo 30, York 34: York leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toledo and York.

Your match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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. Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureToledoYork
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
Elevation523 m25 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureToledoYork
City population87,216208,400
People per km²376766
Museums within 10 km1324
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). 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.