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Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Warsaw or Xi'an?

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 Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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. Warsaw 12, Xi'an 4: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Warsaw 60, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Warsaw 70, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Warsaw 66, Xi'an 42: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Warsaw 47, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Warsaw 52, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Warsaw 62, Xi'an 48: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Warsaw 72, Xi'an 66: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Warsaw 55, Xi'an 50: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Warsaw 64, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Warsaw 63, Xi'an 40: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Warsaw 35, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Warsaw and Xi'an.

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

Warsaw
55match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Xi'an
55match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
14 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. Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWarsawXi'an
Official languagePolishPutonghua
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCE50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation118 m405 m
Main airportWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureWarsawXi'an
City population1,862,40212,952,907
People per km²3,6011,283
Museums within 10 km1179
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.