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The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Venice by David Vives, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Venice 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 Venice for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose York for

  • prices
  • 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. Venice 56, York 14: Venice leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Venice 60, York 42: Venice leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Venice 94, York 70: Venice leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Venice 27, York 36: York leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Venice 45, York 62: York leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Venice 86, York 80: Venice leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Venice 45, York 60: York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Venice 68, York 72: York leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Venice 57, York 46: Venice leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Venice 20, York 38: York leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Venice 62, York 38: Venice leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Venice 40, York 34: Venice leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Venice and York.

Your match

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

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

York
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

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. Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVeniceYork
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation2 m25 m
Main airportVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureVeniceYork
City population250,369208,400
People per km²602766
Museums within 10 km5224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.