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A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Samarkand 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 Samarkand for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Samarkand 4, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Samarkand 54, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Samarkand 84, Warsaw 70: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Samarkand 14, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Samarkand 40, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Samarkand 72, Warsaw 52: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Samarkand 30, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Samarkand 58, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Samarkand 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Samarkand 80, Warsaw 64: Samarkand leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Samarkand 24, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Samarkand 32, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Samarkand and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 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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SamarkandWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSamarkandWarsaw
Official languageUzbekPolish
CurrencyUzbekistan Sum (UZS)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCFI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation702 m118 m
Main airportSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSamarkandWarsaw
City population546,3031,862,402
People per km²5,0583,601
Museums within 10 km11117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.