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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

San Juan 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 Juan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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 Juan 84, Warsaw 12: San Juan leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Warsaw 60: San Juan leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Warsaw 66: San Juan leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Warsaw 47: San Juan leads by 27 points.
Day trips. San Juan and Warsaw are level on 52.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Warsaw 35: San Juan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

San Juan
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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 JuanWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanWarsaw
Official languageSpanish, EnglishPolish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m118 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanWarsaw
City population342,2591,862,402
People per km²2,8473,601
Museums within 10 km18117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.