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The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Rotorua 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 Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • 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. Rotorua 33, Warsaw 12: Rotorua leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Rotorua 33, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Rotorua 38, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Rotorua 14, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotorua 86, Warsaw 47: Rotorua leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Rotorua 45, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Rotorua 68, Warsaw 62: Rotorua leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Rotorua 30, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Rotorua 22, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Rotorua 36, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotorua 30, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotorua 86, Warsaw 35: Rotorua leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotorua and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness 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.

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 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

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotoruaWarsaw
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriPolish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation280 m118 m
Main airportRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotoruaWarsaw
City population58,5001,862,402
People per km²223,601
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.