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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Medellin?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Medellin 42: Krakow leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Medellin 66: Medellin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Medellin 58: Krakow leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Medellin 50: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Medellin 55: Krakow leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Medellin 45: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Medellin 42: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Medellin 30: Krakow leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Medellin.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

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

Medellin
51match

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.

Krakow in July

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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Medellin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowMedellin
Official languagePolishSpanish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCE50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation219 m1,405 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowMedellin
City population804,2372,529,403
People per km²2,4596,644
Museums within 10 km11314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

Where else could you go?

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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.