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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Manchester or Warsaw?

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 Manchester for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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. Manchester 9, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Warsaw 66: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Warsaw 47: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Warsaw 52: Manchester leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Warsaw 55: Manchester leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Warsaw 63: Manchester leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Manchester
54match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterWarsaw
Official languageEnglishPolish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation38 m118 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterWarsaw
City population547,6271,862,402
People per km²4,7373,601
Museums within 10 km28117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.