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Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota
SarasotaCa' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Sarasota by Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Sarasota 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 Sarasota for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Sarasota 86, Warsaw 12: Sarasota leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Sarasota 44, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Sarasota 45, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Sarasota 28, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarasota 55, Warsaw 47: Sarasota leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Sarasota 50, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Sarasota 68, Warsaw 62: Sarasota leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Sarasota 28, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Sarasota 40, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Sarasota 30, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarasota 58, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarasota 45, Warsaw 35: Sarasota leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarasota and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Sarasota
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around 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.

Sarasota in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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

Sarasota has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Sarasota's sunshine is measured 70 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarasota: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sarasota / Ballentine Manor (6.7 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarasotaWarsaw
Official language-Polish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation7 m118 m
Main airportSarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)7 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarasotaWarsaw
City population54,8421,862,402
People per km²8403,601
Museums within 10 km3117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.