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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Muscat 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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Muscat 72, Warsaw 12: Muscat leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Warsaw 47: Muscat leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Warsaw 52: Muscat leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Warsaw 35: Muscat leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatWarsaw
Official languageArabicPolish
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number968112
Elevation69 m118 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatWarsaw
City population1,421,4091,862,402
People per km²4063,601
Museums within 10 km10117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.