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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. Calgary 8, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Warsaw 47: Calgary leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Warsaw 52: Calgary leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Warsaw 62: Calgary leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Warsaw 35: Calgary leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

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

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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CalgaryWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryWarsaw
Official languageFrench, EnglishPolish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m118 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryWarsaw
City population1,306,7841,862,402
People per km²1,5833,601
Museums within 10 km13117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. 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.