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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • families

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. Milan 20, Warsaw 12: Milan leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Warsaw 60: Milan leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Warsaw 70: Milan leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Milan and Warsaw are level on 66.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Warsaw 47: Milan leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Warsaw 52: Milan leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Warsaw 72: Milan leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Warsaw 55: Milan leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Warsaw 63: Milan leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Warsaw 35: Milan leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices 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.

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanWarsaw
Official languageItalianPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation138 m118 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanWarsaw
City population1,354,1961,862,402
People per km²7,4533,601
Museums within 10 km88117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.