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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Krakow or London?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, London 84: London leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, London 94: London leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, London 88: London leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, London 57: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, London 90: London leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, London 82: London leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, London 85: London leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, London 95: London leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, London 15: Krakow leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, London 98: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, London 40: London leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and London.

Your match

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

Krakow
58match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowLondon
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation219 m4 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowLondon
City population804,2378,799,728
People per km²2,4595,598
Museums within 10 km113216
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). 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.