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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • 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. New Orleans 14, Warsaw 12: New Orleans leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Warsaw 60: New Orleans leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Warsaw 66: New Orleans leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Day trips. New Orleans and Warsaw are level on 52.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 1 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Warsaw 63: New Orleans leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 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: New Orleans 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

New Orleans
54match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices 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.

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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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New OrleansWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansWarsaw
Official language-Polish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m118 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansWarsaw
City population383,9971,862,402
People per km²4233,601
Museums within 10 km16117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.