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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Perth?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Perth 58: Perth leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Perth 42: Krakow leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Perth 42: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Perth 72: Perth leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Perth 48: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Perth 74: Perth leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Perth 55: Krakow leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Perth 44: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Perth 28: Krakow leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Perth 50: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Perth 38: Perth leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Perth.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
53match

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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowPerth
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation219 m2 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowPerth
City population804,2372,141,834
People per km²2,459334
Museums within 10 km11315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.