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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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. Berlin 38, Warsaw 12: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Warsaw 60: Berlin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Warsaw 70: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Warsaw 66: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Warsaw 47: Berlin leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Warsaw 52: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Warsaw 62: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Warsaw 72: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Warsaw 55: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Warsaw 63: Berlin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Warsaw 35: Berlin leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinWarsaw
Official languageGermanPolish
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
Elevation34 m118 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinWarsaw
City population3,700,5771,862,402
People per km²4,1533,601
Museums within 10 km157117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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). 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.