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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Krakow or Stuttgart?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Krakow leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Stuttgart 62: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Stuttgart 42: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Stuttgart 60: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Stuttgart 72: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Stuttgart 40: Krakow leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Stuttgart.

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 prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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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KrakowStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowStuttgart
Official languagePolishGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowStuttgart
City population804,237609,365
People per km²2,4592,938
Museums within 10 km11342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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.