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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • 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. Tokyo 40, Warsaw 12: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Warsaw 60: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Warsaw 70: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Warsaw 66: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Warsaw 47: Tokyo leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Warsaw 52: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Warsaw 62: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Warsaw 72: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Warsaw 55: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Warsaw 63: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Warsaw 35: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoWarsaw
Official languageJapanesePolish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m118 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoWarsaw
City population14,264,7981,862,402
People per km²6,5013,601
Museums within 10 km192117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.