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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Krakow or Reykjavik?

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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Reykjavik leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Reykjavik 42: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Reykjavik 25: Krakow leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Reykjavik 45: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Reykjavik 35: Krakow leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Reykjavik 55: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Reykjavik 55: Krakow leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Reykjavik 25: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Reykjavik 6: Krakow leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Reykjavik 45: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Reykjavik.

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.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowReykjavik
Official languagePolishIcelandic
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m8 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowReykjavik
City population804,237138,772
People per km²2,459569
Museums within 10 km11323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.