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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • families

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. Athens 70, Warsaw 12: Athens leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Warsaw 60: Athens leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Warsaw 70: Athens leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Warsaw 66: Athens leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Warsaw 47: Athens leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Warsaw 52: Athens leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Athens and Warsaw are level on 55.
Affordability. Athens 56, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Warsaw 63: Athens leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Warsaw 35: Athens leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices 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.

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AthensWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensWarsaw
Official languageGreekPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation74 m118 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensWarsaw
City population643,4521,862,402
People per km²16,4993,601
Museums within 10 km88117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.