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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Krakow or Tbilisi?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Tbilisi 62: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Tbilisi 58: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Tbilisi 45: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Tbilisi 52: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Tbilisi 42: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Tbilisi.

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 getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tbilisi
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
16 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowTbilisi
Official languagePolishGeorgian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Lari (GEL)
SocketsCE50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m575 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowTbilisi
City population804,2371,331,485
People per km²2,4591,849
Museums within 10 km11329
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.