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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Taipei?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Taipei 68: Krakow leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Taipei 58: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Krakow and Taipei are level on 76.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Taipei 66: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow and Taipei are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Taipei.

Your match

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

Krakow
58match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

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 seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowTaipei

Where the figures come from

Taipei has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowTaipei
Official languagePolishTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyZloty (PLN)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation219 m10 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowTaipei
City population804,2372,429,429
People per km²2,4598,938
Museums within 10 km11369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.