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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Krakow?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Krakow for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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. Alicante 82, Krakow 9: Alicante leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Krakow 55: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Krakow 62: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Krakow 58: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Krakow 36: Alicante leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Krakow.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Alicante
59match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Krakow
58match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteKrakow
Official languageSpanishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m219 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteKrakow
City population366,221804,237
People per km²1,8192,459
Museums within 10 km8113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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). 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.