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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Tirana 46, Warsaw 12: Tirana leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Warsaw 47: Tirana leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Warsaw 52: Tirana leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Warsaw 64: Tirana leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Tirana
49match

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

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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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TiranaWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaWarsaw
Official languageAlbanianPolish
CurrencyLek (ALL)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation110 m118 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaWarsaw
City population389,3231,862,402
People per km²9,3143,601
Museums within 10 km11117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.