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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Como 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 Como for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Como 36, Krakow 9: Como leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Krakow 62: Como leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Krakow 76: Como leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Krakow 36: Como leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Krakow.

Your match

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

Como
49match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ComoKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoKrakow
Official languageItalianPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation201 m219 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoKrakow
City population83,184804,237
People per km²2,2422,459
Museums within 10 km11113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km84

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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.