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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • day trips

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. Cartagena 70, Warsaw 12: Cartagena leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Warsaw 60: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Warsaw 66: Cartagena leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Warsaw 35: Cartagena leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaWarsaw
Official languageSpanishPolish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m118 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaWarsaw
City population914,5521,862,402
People per km²1,5993,601
Museums within 10 km2117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.