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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Krakow or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Puerto Iguazu 28: Krakow leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Puerto Iguazu 9: Krakow leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Puerto Iguazu 14: Krakow leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Puerto Iguazu 33: Krakow leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Puerto Iguazu 55: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Puerto Iguazu 54: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Puerto Iguazu 17: Krakow leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Puerto Iguazu 48: Krakow leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Puerto Iguazu 7: Krakow leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Puerto Iguazu 34: Krakow leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Puerto Iguazu.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
16 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowPuerto Iguazu
Official languagePolishSpanish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation219 m162 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowPuerto Iguazu
City population804,23754,903
People per km²2,459-
Museums within 10 km1130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. 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.