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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Krakow or Seville?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Seville for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Seville leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Seville 73: Seville leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Seville 82: Seville leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Seville 62: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Seville 52: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Seville 80: Seville leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Seville 55: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Seville 72: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Seville 55: Seville leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Seville 58: Krakow leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Seville 68: Seville leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Seville 40: Seville leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Seville.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowSeville
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 m18 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowSeville
City population804,237689,423
People per km²2,4594,896
Museums within 10 km11324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.