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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Nairobi 4, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Warsaw 47: Nairobi leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around 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.

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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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NairobiWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiWarsaw
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliPolish
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation1,661 m118 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiWarsaw
City population5,545,0001,862,402
People per km²7,9673,601
Museums within 10 km4117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.