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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Krakow or Nairobi?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Nairobi 48: Krakow leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Nairobi 35: Krakow leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Nairobi 58: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Nairobi 28: Krakow leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Nairobi 55: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Nairobi 20: Krakow leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Nairobi 45: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Nairobi 60: Krakow leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Nairobi 35: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Nairobi 25: Krakow leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Nairobi.

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.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowNairobi
Official languagePolishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation219 m1,661 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowNairobi
City population804,2375,545,000
People per km²2,4597,967
Museums within 10 km1134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.