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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Toronto?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Toronto 50: Krakow leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Toronto 62: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Toronto 52: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Toronto 50: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Toronto 65: Krakow leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Toronto 34: Krakow leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Toronto 33: Krakow leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Toronto.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowToronto
Official languagePolishFrench, English
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation219 m76 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowToronto
City population804,2372,794,356
People per km²2,4594,434
Museums within 10 km11332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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.