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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Warsaw?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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. Acapulco 80, Warsaw 12: Acapulco leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Warsaw 47: Acapulco leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Warsaw 64: Acapulco leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoWarsaw
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPolish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m118 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoWarsaw
City population658,6091,862,402
People per km²3503,601
Museums within 10 km3117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.