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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Krakow or Zagreb?

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
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Krakow and Zagreb are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Zagreb 56: Krakow leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Zagreb 47: Krakow leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow and Zagreb are level on 62.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Zagreb 60: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Zagreb 52: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Zagreb 70: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Zagreb 40: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Zagreb 60: Krakow leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Zagreb 52: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on beaches 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
16 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowZagreb
Official languagePolishCroatian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation219 m127 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowZagreb
City population804,237767,131
People per km²2,459-
Museums within 10 km11327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.