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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Krakow or Pisa?

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
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Krakow and Pisa are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Pisa 68: Krakow leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Pisa 40: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow and Pisa are level on 62.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Pisa 52: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Pisa 38: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Pisa 55: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Pisa 38: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Pisa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Krakow
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowPisa
Official languagePolishItalian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m4 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowPisa
City population804,23788,737
People per km²2,459479
Museums within 10 km11327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.