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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Krakow for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Izmir 62, Krakow 9: Izmir leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Krakow 55: Izmir leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Krakow 62: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Krakow 76: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Krakow 48: Izmir leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Krakow 36: Izmir leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Krakow.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Krakow
58match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirKrakow
Official languageTurkishPolish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m219 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirKrakow
City population4,493,242804,237
People per km²4,7602,459
Museums within 10 km29113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.