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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Seattle 30, Warsaw 12: Seattle leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Warsaw 60: Seattle leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Warsaw 47: Seattle leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Warsaw 52: Seattle leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Warsaw 62: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Warsaw 63: Seattle leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Warsaw 35: Seattle leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Seattle
54match

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

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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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SeattleWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleWarsaw
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
Elevation40 m118 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleWarsaw
City population737,0151,862,402
People per km²1,9963,601
Museums within 10 km27117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. 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.