Krakow, Poland, features a very safe living environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, cost of living and leisure & culture.
Krakow is one of the top ten city matches for 0.6% of Teleport users.
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Housing| Large apartment | $860.00 |
|---|---|
| Medium apartment | $700.00 |
| Rent index [score] | 0.85 |
| Small apartment | $540.00 |
Cost of Living| 5km taxi ride | $4.00 |
|---|---|
| A Cappuccino | $2.40 |
| A beer | $1.00 |
| A kilogram of Apples | $0.94 |
| Bread | $0.36 |
| Inflation [score] | 0.85 |
| Lunch | $6.10 |
| Monthly fitness club membership | $35.00 |
| Monthly public transport | $28.00 |
| Movie ticket | $7.00 |
| Price of a meal at a restaurant | $35.50 |
Startups| Average monthly increase in number of startups | 3 |
|---|---|
| Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.32 |
| Coworking spaces [score] | 0.39 |
| Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 15 |
| Meetups [score] | 0.49 |
| Meetups groups | 131 |
| Meetups members | 58775 |
| Number of investors | 14 |
| Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 73 |
| Number of upcoming meetup events | 29 |
| Startup climate scene [score] | 0.55 |
| Startup events | 52 |
| Startup events [score] | 0.57 |
| Startups [score] | 0.58 |
| Total number of startups | 131 |
Venture Capital| Funding accelerator names | GammaRebels |
|---|---|
| Number of funding accelerators | 1 |
| Venture capital [score] | 0.21 |
Travel Connectivity| Airport hub | 52 |
|---|---|
| Airport hub [score] | 0.29 |
| Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.30 |
Commute| Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Poland/Kraków |
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| Traffic handling [score] | 0.90 |
Business Freedom| Business freedom | 68.70 |
|---|---|
| Business freedom [score] | 0.53 |
| Freedom from corruption | 61.00 |
| Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.60 |
| Lack of labor restrictions | 58.00 |
| Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.41 |
| Time to open a business | 37.00 |
| Time to open a business [score] | 0.57 |
Safety| Crime rate [score] | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 0 |
| Guns per 100 residents | 1 |
| Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.99 |
| Lack of guns [score] | 1.00 |
| Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 1.00 |
Healthcare| Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.54 |
|---|---|
| Healthcare quality [score] | 0.67 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 77.52 |
| Life expectancy [score] | 0.65 |
Education| Best university in ranking | AGH University of Science and Technology |
|---|---|
| Best university ranking | 700 |
| Country mean scores in PISA math test | 518.54 |
| Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 518.19 |
| Country mean scores in PISA science test | 525.82 |
| PISA math ranking (high school) | 15 |
| PISA ranking | 14 |
| PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.83 |
| PISA reading (high school) | 10 |
| PISA science (high school) | 17 |
| Percent of happy students | 0.68 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.14 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.11 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.09 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.17 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.10 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.11 |
| University quality [score] | 0.10 |
Environmental Quality| Air quality [score] | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness [score] | 0.64 |
| Drinking water quality [score] | 0.61 |
| Urban greenery [score] | 0.56 |
Economy| Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 3.60 |
|---|---|
| Currency for urban area | PLN |
| GDP growth rate | 0.03 |
| GDP growth rate [score] | 0.54 |
| GDP per capita | $25105.40 |
| GDP per capita [score] | 0.41 |
Taxation| Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.61 |
|---|---|
| Income tax level [score] | 0.41 |
| Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.40 |
| Time overhead to file company taxes | 271 |
| VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.23 |
Internet Access| Download speed (Mbps) | 50.09 |
|---|---|
| Internet access (download) [score] | 0.63 |
| Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.53 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 12.96 |
Leisure & Culture| Art galleries | 83 |
|---|---|
| Art galleries [score] | 0.61 |
| Cinemas | 27 |
| Cinemas [score] | 0.49 |
| Comedy clubs | 9 |
| Comedy clubs [score] | 0.45 |
| Concert venues | 59 |
| Concerts [score] | 0.52 |
| Historical sites | 83 |
| Historical sites [score] | 0.86 |
| Museums | 48 |
| Museums [score] | 0.71 |
| Performing art venues | 85 |
| Performing arts [score] | 0.43 |
| Sport venues | 12 |
| Sports [score] | 0.40 |
| Zoos | 6 |
| Zoos [score] | 0.63 |
Tolerance| Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor) | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| LGBT Equality Index | 47.56 |
| LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.47 |
| LGBT adoption rights | ✖ Illegal |
| LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
| LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✔ Banned |
| LGBT discrimination legality | Illegal in some contexts |
| LGBT employment discrimination legality | Sexual orientation only |
| LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
| LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
| LGBT marriage rights | ✖ Unrecognized |
| Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.45 |
Outdoors| Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.20 |
|---|---|
| Median peak in meters | 400.00 |
| Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
| Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
| Urban area elevation (meters) | 218.00 |
| Water access [score] | 0.67 |
Costs of living in Kraków are in the least expensive 20 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Moving to Kraków will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
 Monthly fitness club membership | $35 |
|---|---|
 Movie ticket | $7 |
 Broadband internet connection | $11 |
 Monthly public transport | $28 |
 Lunch | $6 |
Software Engineer salaries in Krakow are below average. For this job type, Krakow ranks 168th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Krakow.
The overall crime rate puts Krakow in position 87 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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217Kraków (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkrakuf] ( listen)), also spelled Cracow or Krakow (UK: ; US: ), is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River (Polish: Wisła) in the Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska) region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs. It was the capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1596, the Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998. It has been the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999.
The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was already being reported as a busy trading centre of Slavonic Europe in 965. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and artistic centre. The city has a population of approximately 760,000, with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius of its main square.
After the invasion of Poland by the Nazi Regime at the start of World War II, the newly defined Distrikt Krakau (Kraków District) became the capital of Germany's General Government. The Jewish population of the city was forced into a walled zone known as the Kraków Ghetto, from which they were sent to German extermination camps such as the nearby Auschwitz never to return, and the Nazi concentration camps like Płaszów.
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