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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • shopping

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. Plovdiv 7, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Warsaw 47: Plovdiv leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Warsaw 52: Plovdiv leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Warsaw 64: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Warsaw 35: Plovdiv leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

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

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivWarsaw
Official languageBulgarianPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m118 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivWarsaw
City population333,9941,862,402
People per km²3,2743,601
Museums within 10 km18117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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.