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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

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

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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. Brisbane 55, Warsaw 12: Brisbane leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane and Warsaw are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Warsaw 47: Brisbane leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Warsaw 62: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Warsaw 35: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

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

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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneWarsaw
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 m118 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneWarsaw
City population2,706,9661,862,402
People per km²1713,601
Museums within 10 km16117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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.