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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Krakow or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Krakow leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Tromso 36: Krakow leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Tromso 27: Krakow leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Tromso 38: Krakow leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Tromso 14: Krakow leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Tromso 45: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Tromso 60: Krakow leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Tromso 15: Krakow leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Tromso 11: Krakow leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Tromso 32: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Tromso.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowTromso
Official languagePolishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation219 m20 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowTromso
City population804,23779,943
People per km²2,45932
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.