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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices

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. Barcelona 75, Warsaw 12: Barcelona leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Warsaw 60: Barcelona leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Warsaw 70: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Warsaw 66: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Warsaw 47: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Warsaw 52: Barcelona leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Warsaw 62: Barcelona leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Warsaw 72: Barcelona leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Warsaw 55: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Warsaw 63: Barcelona leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Warsaw 35: Barcelona leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaWarsaw
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
Elevation9 m118 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaWarsaw
City population1,731,6491,862,402
People per km²17,0943,601
Museums within 10 km95117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.