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The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Rome 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 Rome for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • families
  • getting around

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. Rome 50, Warsaw 12: Rome leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Rome 82, Warsaw 60: Rome leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Rome 99, Warsaw 70: Rome leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Rome 58, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rome 58, Warsaw 47: Rome leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Rome 92, Warsaw 52: Rome leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Rome 50, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Rome 60, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Rome 72, Warsaw 55: Rome leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Rome 38, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rome 68, Warsaw 63: Rome leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rome 40, Warsaw 35: Rome leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rome and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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.

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRomeWarsaw
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
Elevation21 m118 m
Main airportRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureRomeWarsaw
City population2,748,1091,862,402
People per km²2,1353,601
Museums within 10 km178117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km71
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.