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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Krakow or Strasbourg?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Strasbourg leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Strasbourg 70: Krakow leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Strasbourg 40: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow and Strasbourg are level on 62.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Strasbourg 44: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Krakow
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on wellness 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
16 hdaylight a day

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowStrasbourg
Official languagePolishFrench
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m132 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowStrasbourg
City population804,237293,771
People per km²2,4593,752
Museums within 10 km11321
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.