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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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. Granada 38, Krakow 9: Granada leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Krakow 55: Granada leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Krakow 77: Granada leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Krakow 62: Granada leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Granada and Krakow are level on 76.
Good for families. Granada 52, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Krakow 55: Granada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Krakow 36: Granada leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Krakow.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Granada
60match

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

Krakow
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.

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 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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GranadaKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaKrakow
Official languageSpanishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation693 m219 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaKrakow
City population233,975804,237
People per km²2,6592,459
Museums within 10 km20113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.