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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Portland?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Portland 68: Portland leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Portland 38: Krakow leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Portland 52: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Portland 84: Portland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Portland 58: Krakow leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Portland 55: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Portland 62: Krakow leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Portland 52: Portland leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Portland 38: Krakow leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow and Portland are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Portland 42: Portland leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Portland.

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.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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
16 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowPortland
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 m152 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowPortland
City population804,237652,503
People per km²2,4591,736
Museums within 10 km11317
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.