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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Muscat 44: Krakow leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Muscat 55: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Muscat 14: Krakow leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Muscat 62: Krakow leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Muscat 52: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Muscat 20: Krakow leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Muscat 42: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Muscat 45: Krakow leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Muscat 40: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Muscat.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowMuscat
Official languagePolishArabic
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCE50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation219 m69 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowMuscat
City population804,2371,421,409
People per km²2,459406
Museums within 10 km11310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.