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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

San Francisco 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 San Francisco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. San Francisco 25, Warsaw 12: San Francisco leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. San Francisco 82, Warsaw 60: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. San Francisco 68, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. San Francisco 58, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Francisco 80, Warsaw 47: San Francisco leads by 33 points.
Day trips. San Francisco 72, Warsaw 52: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Good for families. San Francisco 66, Warsaw 62: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Getting around. San Francisco 70, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. San Francisco 58, Warsaw 55: San Francisco leads by 3 points.
Affordability. San Francisco 14, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Francisco 76, Warsaw 63: San Francisco leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Francisco 42, Warsaw 35: San Francisco leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Francisco and Warsaw.

Your match

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

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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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San FranciscoWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan FranciscoWarsaw
Official language-Polish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation16 m118 m
Main airportSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan FranciscoWarsaw
City population873,9651,862,402
People per km²1,4553,601
Museums within 10 km51117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.