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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Krakow or Virginia Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Virginia Beach 42: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Virginia Beach 30: Krakow leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Virginia Beach 37: Krakow leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Virginia Beach 56: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Virginia Beach 64: Krakow leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Virginia Beach 27: Krakow leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Virginia Beach 32: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Virginia Beach 40: Krakow leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Virginia Beach 38: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Virginia Beach 32: Krakow leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowVirginia Beach
Official languagePolish-
CurrencyZloty (PLN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation219 m7 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowVirginia Beach
City population804,237459,470
People per km²2,459-
Museums within 10 km1132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.