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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Oslo?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oslo for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Krakow and Oslo are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Oslo 66: Krakow leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Oslo 48: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Oslo 52: Krakow leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Oslo 14: Krakow leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Oslo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Krakow
58match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowOslo
Official languagePolishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation219 m23 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowOslo
City population804,237717,710
People per km²2,459-
Museums within 10 km11360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.