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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Toronto 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 Toronto for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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. Toronto 34, Warsaw 12: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Warsaw 60: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto 52, Warsaw 47: Toronto leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Warsaw 62: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Warsaw 55: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Warsaw 63: Toronto leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Toronto
55match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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TorontoWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoWarsaw
Official languageFrench, EnglishPolish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation76 m118 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoWarsaw
City population2,794,3561,862,402
People per km²4,4343,601
Museums within 10 km32117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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.