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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Newport Beach?

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
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Newport Beach 50: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Newport Beach 20: Krakow leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Newport Beach 33: Krakow leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Newport Beach 70: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Newport Beach 20: Krakow leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Newport Beach 15: Krakow leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Newport Beach 46: Krakow leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Newport Beach.

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 prices with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches and families 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 seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowNewport Beach
Official languagePolish-
CurrencyZloty (PLN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation219 m3 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowNewport Beach
City population804,23785,239
People per km²2,459622
Museums within 10 km1134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.