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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. Geneva 45, Warsaw 12: Geneva leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Warsaw 47: Geneva leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Warsaw 52: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Warsaw 72: Geneva leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Warsaw 55: Geneva leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Warsaw 35: Geneva leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva 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

Geneva
57match

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

Warsaw
55match

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.

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaWarsaw
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshPolish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m118 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaWarsaw
City population211,1521,862,402
People per km²13,2803,601
Museums within 10 km34117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.