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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Krakow or San Sebastian?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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, San Sebastian 68: San Sebastian leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, San Sebastian 52: Krakow leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, San Sebastian 44: Krakow leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, San Sebastian 40: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, San Sebastian 32: Krakow leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, San Sebastian 45: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, San Sebastian 50: San Sebastian leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Krakow
58match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

San Sebastian
60match

Wins on beaches 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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowSan Sebastian

Where the figures come from

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowSan Sebastian
Official languagePolishSpanish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m6 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowSan Sebastian
City population804,237189,866
People per km²2,4593,118
Museums within 10 km11314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.