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York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

York or Zadar?

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 York for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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. York 14, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. York 42, Zadar 45: Zadar leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. York 70, Zadar 55: York leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. York 36, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. York 62, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Day trips. York 80, Zadar 70: York leads by 10 points.
Good for families. York 60, Zadar 55: York leads by 5 points.
Getting around. York 72, Zadar 58: York leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. York 46, Zadar 27: York leads by 19 points.
Affordability. York 38, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. York 38, Zadar 28: York leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. York 34, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: York and Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

York
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Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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.

Zadar 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureYorkZadar
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation25 m5 m
Main airportLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureYorkZadar
City population208,40070,779
People per km²766-
Museums within 10 km241
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.