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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Krakow for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • families

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. Florence 14, Krakow 9: Florence leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Krakow 55: Florence leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Krakow 77: Florence leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Krakow 62: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Krakow 76: Florence leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Krakow 74: Florence leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Krakow 48: Florence leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Krakow 55: Florence leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Krakow 36: Florence leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Krakow.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florence
59match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Krakow
58match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 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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Where the figures come from

Florence has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceKrakow
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
Elevation50 m219 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 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

MeasureFlorenceKrakow
City population360,930804,237
People per km²3,5282,459
Museums within 10 km141113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.