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The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

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

Tunis 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 Tunis for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Tunis 60, York 14: Tunis leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Tunis 60, York 42: Tunis leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Tunis 76, York 70: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Tunis 33, York 36: York leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tunis 45, York 62: York leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Tunis 77, York 80: York leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Tunis 38, York 60: York leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Tunis 48, York 72: York leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Tunis 50, York 46: Tunis leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Tunis 86, York 38: Tunis leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tunis and York are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Tunis 58, York 34: Tunis leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tunis and York.

Your match

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

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

York
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.

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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. Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTunisYork
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyTunisian Dinar (TND)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 197, ambulance 190, fire 198112 or 999
Elevation4 m25 m
Main airportTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTunisYork
City population602,560208,400
People per km²2,834766
Museums within 10 km1624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.