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Cusco or Krakow?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
Krakow

Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Cusco
49
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Krakow
✓ Best match
58
match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CuscoKrakow
Beaches & swimming. Krakow leads by 6 points.6
Food & drink. Cusco leads by 1 points.1
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 4 points.4
Nightlife. Krakow leads by 26 points.26
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 24 points.24
Day trips. Cusco leads by 2 points.2
Good for families. Krakow leads by 48 points.48
Getting around. Krakow leads by 26 points.26
Shopping & style. Cusco leads by 4 points.4
Affordability. Cusco leads by 1 points.1
Live music & performing arts. Krakow leads by 25 points.25
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow leads by 3 points.3
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Krakow.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCuscoKrakow
Daytime high20 °C25 °C
Night-time low1 °C14 °C
Rainfall in the month5 mm100 mm
Daylight11 hours a day16 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
M
A
M
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A
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Daytime high, °C
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Krakow
2
4
8
15
20
23
25
25
19
14
8
3
Rainfall, mm
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Krakow
38
31
38
47
79
77
100
75
67
51
41
35
Daylight, hours per day
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Krakow
9
10
12
14
15
16
16
15
13
11
9
8

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCuscoKrakow
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPolish
CurrencySol (PEN)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation3,399 m219 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoKrakow
City population428,450804,237
People per km²-2,459
Museums within 10 km11114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.