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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Krakow or Milan?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Milan for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Milan’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, Milan 20: Milan leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Milan 78: Milan leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Milan 78: Milan leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Milan 66: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Milan 65: Milan leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Milan 91: Milan leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Milan 55: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Milan 79: Milan leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Milan 92: Milan leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Milan 33: Krakow leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Milan 82: Milan leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Milan 42: Milan leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Milan.

Your match

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

Krakow
58match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Milan
Best match
65match

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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowMilan
Official languagePolishItalian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m138 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowMilan
City population804,2371,354,196
People per km²2,4597,453
Museums within 10 km11388
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.