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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Krakow or Tallinn?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Tallinn 52: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Tallinn 68: Krakow leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Tallinn 44: Krakow leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Tallinn 55: Krakow leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Tallinn 58: Krakow leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Tallinn 72: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Tallinn 40: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Tallinn 47: Krakow leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Tallinn 50: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowTallinn
Official languagePolishEstonian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m28 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowTallinn
City population804,237457,572
People per km²2,4592,871
Museums within 10 km11316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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