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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
La Paz

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or La Paz?

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 Krakow for

  • families
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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. Krakow 9, La Paz 3: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, La Paz 50: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, La Paz 52: Krakow leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, La Paz 38: Krakow leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, La Paz 40: Krakow leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, La Paz 10: Krakow leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, La Paz 45: Krakow leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, La Paz 45: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, La Paz 35: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, La Paz 12: Krakow leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and La Paz.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowLa Paz

Where the figures come from

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureKrakowLa Paz
Official languagePolishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCE50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation219 m3,640 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowLa Paz
City population804,237755,732
People per km²2,4591,601
Museums within 10 km11321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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). 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.