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York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

York or Zagreb?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • families

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: York leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. York 42, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. York 70, Zagreb 56: York leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. York 36, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. York and Zagreb are level on 62.
Day trips. York 80, Zagreb 60: York leads by 20 points.
Good for families. York 60, Zagreb 52: York leads by 8 points.
Getting around. York 72, Zagreb 70: York leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. York 46, Zagreb 40: York leads by 6 points.
Affordability. York 38, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. York 38, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. York 34, Zagreb 33: York leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: York and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

York
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Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices 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.

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureYorkZagreb
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 m127 m
Main airportLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureYorkZagreb
City population208,400767,131
People per km²766-
Museums within 10 km2427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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. 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.