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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

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

Krakow or Maastricht?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Krakow leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Maastricht 60: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Maastricht 42: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Maastricht 58: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Maastricht 55: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krakow and Maastricht are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Maastricht 38: Krakow leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Maastricht 40: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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KrakowMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowMaastricht
Official languagePolishDutch
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m49 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowMaastricht
City population804,237120,227
People per km²2,4592,000
Museums within 10 km11321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45

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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.