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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Krakow for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Brisbane 55, Krakow 9: Brisbane leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Krakow 55: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Krakow 62: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Krakow 58: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane and Krakow are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Krakow 36: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Krakow.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneKrakow
Official languageEnglishPolish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m219 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneKrakow
City population2,706,966804,237
People per km²1712,459
Museums within 10 km16113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.