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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Krakow or Mumbai?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Mumbai 70: Krakow leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Mumbai 52: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Mumbai 55: Krakow leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Mumbai 48: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Mumbai 35: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Mumbai 38: Krakow leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Krakow and Mumbai are level on 72.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow and Mumbai are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Mumbai 24: Krakow leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowMumbai
Official languagePolishHindi, English
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation219 m14 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowMumbai
City population804,23715,414,288
People per km²2,45925,563
Museums within 10 km1131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.