40 Krakow statistics and visitor figures (2026)
Compare fares and cite dated visitor figures.
Sources: City of Krakow, 2026; Krakow Airport, January 2026; ZTP, February 2026. Full figures and scopes below.
Compare eight Krakow transport fares
Our selection of visitor tickets from the March 2026 KMK tariff. Sort by price or ticket. All prices are adult full fares in PLN.
| Ticket | Full fare | Zones |
|---|---|---|
| 15-minute | 4 PLN | I+II+III |
| 30-minute | 6 PLN | I+II+III |
| 60-minute | 8 PLN | I+II+III |
| 90-minute | 9 PLN | I+II+III |
| 24-hour, city | 20 PLN | I |
| 24-hour, metropolitan | 25 PLN | I+II+III |
| 7-day, city | 65 PLN | I |
| 7-day, metropolitan | 80 PLN | I+II+III |
In this eight-ticket selection, the 15-minute ticket is lowest at 4 PLN and the metropolitan seven-day ticket is highest at 80 PLN. Different durations and zones buy different coverage.
Compiled from ZTP Krakow's February 2026 tariff notice and its zone guide, checked 16 October 2026.
Key takeaways
- Krakow recorded over 16 million visitors in 2025, including overnight and same-day visitors. (City of Krakow, 2026)
- Krakow had 7.95 million overnight visitors in the city research for 2024. (City of Krakow, July 2025)
- Krakow Airport handled 13 248 355 passengers during 2025. (Krakow Airport, January 2026)
- Krakow's tourist accommodation establishments hosted 854.4 thousand guests in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Statistical Office in Krakow, March 2026)
- The National Museum in Krakow recorded 2 224 936 visits in 2025. (National Museum in Krakow, January 2026)
- Wieliczka's standard individual Tourist Route ticket in a language other than Polish costs 143 PLN in the 2026 low season (January-April and October-December). (Wieliczka Salt Mine, 2026)
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Forty source-reported figures, with their period and limits. Search by measure, place or scope; sort values only within a shared unit.
40 figures shown
| Measure | Value / period | Coverage and source |
|---|---|---|
| City visitors | over 16 million visitors 2025 | City research estimate; not unique people at Old Town sights City of Krakow |
| Visitor growth | 10.4 % 2025 vs 2024 | Growth as reported by the city; not recalculated from rounded totals City of Krakow |
| City visitors | 14.72 million visitors 2024 | City research includes visitors from Ukraine City of Krakow |
| Overnight visitors | 7.95 million overnight visitors 2024 | All accommodation choices in city research, not only registered establishments City of Krakow |
| Domestic overnight visitors | 6.42 million visitors 2024 | Domestic overnight subset City of Krakow |
| Foreign overnight visitors | 1.53 million visitors 2024 | Foreign overnight subset City of Krakow |
| 15-minute | 4 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I+II+III; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| 30-minute | 6 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I+II+III; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| 60-minute | 8 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I+II+III; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| 90-minute | 9 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I+II+III; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| 24-hour, city | 20 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| 24-hour, metropolitan | 25 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I+II+III; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| 7-day, city | 65 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| 7-day, metropolitan | 80 PLN From 2 March 2026 | Adult full fare; zones I+II+III; airport train excluded ZTP Krakow |
| Airport passengers | 13 248 355 passengers 2025 | Operator total; includes arrivals and departures, not unique tourists Krakow Airport |
| Airport connections | 176 connections 2025 | Annual network statement, not a current daily timetable Krakow Airport |
| Countries served | 38 countries 2025 | Annual network statement Krakow Airport |
| Airlines operating | 29 airlines 2025 | Annual operator network statement Krakow Airport |
| Operator rail journeys | 13 630 877 rail passenger journeys 2024 | Regional operator network, not the airport line alone or unique travellers Koleje Malopolskie |
| Operator rail journeys | 15 693 661 rail passenger journeys 2025 | Regional operator network, not the airport line alone or unique travellers Koleje Malopolskie |
| Operator bus journeys | 5 267 065 bus passenger journeys 2025 | Regional bus network, not city KMK ridership Koleje Malopolskie |
| Operator rail growth | 15,1% 2025 vs 2024 | Operator-reported rounded change Koleje Malopolskie |
| Guests accommodated | 854.4 thousand guests Q4 2025 | Establishments with 10 or more bed places; guests can be counted on separate stays Statistical Office in Krakow |
| Nights provided | 1 825.9 thousand overnight stays Q4 2025 | Nights, not people; establishments with 10 or more bed places Statistical Office in Krakow |
| Bed-place occupancy | 55.6 % Q4 2025 | Bed places, not room occupancy; establishments with 10 or more bed places Statistical Office in Krakow |
| MNK total | 2 224 936 visits 2025 | Institution-reported attendance; branch visits are part of the MNK total National Museum in Krakow |
| Czartoryski Museum | 1 170 074 visits 2025 | Institution-reported attendance; branch visits are part of the MNK total National Museum in Krakow |
| MNK Main Building | 491 928 visits 2025 | Institution-reported attendance; branch visits are part of the MNK total National Museum in Krakow |
| MNK Sukiennice | 196 639 visits 2025 | Institution-reported attendance; branch visits are part of the MNK total National Museum in Krakow |
| Museum of Krakow total | 1 442 369 visits 2024 | Institution total; primary chronicle differs from some secondary summaries Museum of Krakow |
| Museum of Krakow foreign attendance | 606 546 visits 2024 | Foreign attendance subset; not a count of unique international arrivals Museum of Krakow |
| Tourist Route, non-Polish, low season | 143 PLN 2026 low season | Tourist Route plus underground Cracow Saltworks Museum exhibition; transport excluded Wieliczka Salt Mine |
| Tourist Route, non-Polish, high season | 159 PLN 2026 high season | Tourist Route plus underground Cracow Saltworks Museum exhibition; transport excluded Wieliczka Salt Mine |
| Tourist Route, Polish, low season | 103 PLN 2026 low season | Tourist Route plus underground Cracow Saltworks Museum exhibition; transport excluded Wieliczka Salt Mine |
| World Heritage inscription | 1978 1978 inscription | Inscription date in the record; not the age of the city UNESCO |
| World Heritage property area | 149.65 hectares 2010 boundary record | Property includes Old Town, Wawel and Kazimierz/Stradom; not just the Planty core UNESCO |
| World Heritage buffer area | 907.35 hectares 2010 boundary record | Buffer zone is separate from the inscribed property UNESCO |
| Wawel Royal Castle attendance | 2 588 728 visits 2023 | Regional tourism report, Table 7.5.1; venue attendance, not unique tourists; underlying counting precision is not specified Malopolska Tourism Organisation |
| Wawel Royal Castle attendance | 2 628 821 visits 2024 | Regional tourism report, Table 7.5.1; venue attendance, not unique tourists; underlying counting precision is not specified Malopolska Tourism Organisation |
| Wawel Royal Castle attendance | 3 400 000 visits 2025 | Regional tourism report, Table 7.5.1; venue attendance, not unique tourists; underlying counting precision is not specified Malopolska Tourism Organisation |
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How many people visit Krakow?
The city counts both overnight and same-day visitors. These are city-wide estimates, not a count of people in Old Town.
| City research | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| All visitors | 14.72 million | Over 16 million |
| Overnight visitors | 7.95 million | Not broken out here |
- Krakow recorded over 16 million visitors in 2025, including overnight and same-day visitors. (City of Krakow, 2026)
- Krakow reported visitor growth of 10.4 % in 2025 compared with 2024. (City of Krakow, 2026)
- Krakow recorded 14.72 million visitors in 2024, including overnight and same-day visitors. (City of Krakow, July 2025)
- Krakow had 7.95 million overnight visitors in the city research for 2024. (City of Krakow, July 2025)
- Krakow had 6.42 million visitors from Poland staying overnight in the city research for 2024. (City of Krakow, July 2025)
- Krakow had 1.53 million visitors from abroad staying overnight in the city research for 2024. (City of Krakow, July 2025)
What do Krakow city transport tickets cost?
Full fares effective from 2 March 2026. Select the right zones and duration; KMK tickets do not automatically cover the airport train.
| Selected ticket range | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|
| Eight selected full-fare KMK products | 4 PLN | 80 PLN |
- Krakow's full-fare 15-minute KMK ticket costs 4 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I+II+III). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
- Krakow's full-fare 30-minute KMK ticket costs 6 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I+II+III). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
- Krakow's full-fare 60-minute KMK ticket costs 8 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I+II+III). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
- Krakow's full-fare 90-minute KMK ticket costs 9 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I+II+III). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
- Krakow's full-fare 24-hour, city KMK ticket costs 20 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
- Krakow's full-fare 24-hour, metropolitan KMK ticket costs 25 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I+II+III). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
- Krakow's full-fare 7-day, city KMK ticket costs 65 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
- Krakow's full-fare 7-day, metropolitan KMK ticket costs 80 PLN under the tariff effective from 2 March 2026 (zones I+II+III). (ZTP Krakow, February 2026)
Use the Krakow budget guide to put transport beside meals and your own room quote.
How busy is Krakow Airport?
Passenger totals include journeys in both directions. The annual network figures describe 2025, not a current flight timetable; neither measure means unique tourists.
| Airport operator measure | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Passengers | 13 248 355 |
| Countries served | 38 |
| Airlines | 29 |
- Krakow Airport handled 13 248 355 passengers during 2025. (Krakow Airport, January 2026)
- Krakow Airport offered 176 connections in its 2025 network. (Krakow Airport, January 2026)
- Krakow Airport's network covered 38 countries in 2025. (Krakow Airport, January 2026)
- Krakow Airport was served by 29 airlines in 2025. (Krakow Airport, January 2026)
How many journeys does the regional operator carry?
These totals cover the Koleje Malopolskie network, including everyday travel. They do not measure airport-line ridership or tourist demand alone.
| Operator rail journeys | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Koleje Malopolskie | 13 630 877 | 15 693 661 |
- Koleje Malopolskie carried 13 630 877 rail passenger journeys across its network in 2024. (Koleje Malopolskie, January 2026)
- Koleje Malopolskie carried 15 693 661 rail passenger journeys across its network in 2025. (Koleje Malopolskie, January 2026)
- Koleje Malopolskie's MLD buses carried 5 267 065 bus passenger journeys across their network in 2025. (Koleje Malopolskie, January 2026)
- Koleje Malopolskie reported rail passenger growth of 15,1% in 2025 compared with 2024. (Koleje Malopolskie, January 2026)
How much accommodation was used in late 2025?
The statistical office measures tourist accommodation establishments with at least ten bed places. This coverage differs from the city visitor survey.
| Krakow, Q4 2025 | Value |
|---|---|
| Guests accommodated | 854.4 thousand |
| Nights provided | 1 825.9 thousand |
| Bed-place occupancy | 55.6% |
- Krakow's tourist accommodation establishments hosted 854.4 thousand guests in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Statistical Office in Krakow, March 2026)
- Krakow's tourist accommodation establishments provided 1 825.9 thousand overnight stays in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Statistical Office in Krakow, March 2026)
- Bed-place occupancy in Krakow's tourist accommodation establishments was 55.6 % in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Statistical Office in Krakow, March 2026)
How many visits do Krakow museums record?
Institutional attendance can include repeat visits and multiple branches. The organisations and reporting years stay separate. Underlying counting precision is not specified for the regional venue series.
| Institution or branch | Period | Visits |
|---|---|---|
| MNK, all branches | 2025 | 2 224 936 |
| Czartoryski, included in MNK | 2025 | 1 170 074 |
| Museum of Krakow, all branches | 2024 | 1 442 369 |
| Wawel, regional tourism report | 2023 | 2 588 728 |
| Wawel, regional tourism report | 2024 | 2 628 821 |
| Wawel, regional tourism report | 2025 | 3 400 000 (as reported) |
- The National Museum in Krakow recorded 2 224 936 visits in 2025. (National Museum in Krakow, January 2026)
- The National Museum in Krakow's Czartoryski Museum recorded 1 170 074 visits in 2025. (National Museum in Krakow, January 2026)
- The National Museum in Krakow's Main Building recorded 491 928 visits in 2025. (National Museum in Krakow, January 2026)
- The National Museum in Krakow's Sukiennice branch recorded 196 639 visits in 2025. (National Museum in Krakow, January 2026)
- The Museum of Krakow recorded 1 442 369 visits in its own annual attendance table for 2024. (Museum of Krakow, December 2025)
- The Museum of Krakow recorded 606 546 visits by foreign visitors in its own attendance table for 2024. (Museum of Krakow, December 2025)
- Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow recorded 2 588 728 visits in 2023, as tabulated in the regional tourism organisation's venue attendance series. (Malopolska Tourism Organisation, 2026)
- Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow recorded 2 628 821 visits in 2024, as tabulated in the regional tourism organisation's venue attendance series. (Malopolska Tourism Organisation, 2026)
- Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow recorded 3 400 000 visits in 2025, as tabulated in the regional tourism organisation's venue attendance series. (Malopolska Tourism Organisation, 2026)
How do language and season change the mine ticket?
These are individual standard Tourist Route tickets including the underground Cracow Saltworks Museum exhibition. Transport is extra; the Miners' Route is a different visit.
| 2026 Tourist Route | Low season | High season |
|---|---|---|
| Language other than Polish | 143 PLN | 159 PLN |
| Polish | 103 PLN | Not compared here |
- Wieliczka's standard individual Tourist Route ticket in a language other than Polish costs 143 PLN in the 2026 low season (January-April and October-December). (Wieliczka Salt Mine, 2026)
- Wieliczka's standard individual Tourist Route ticket in a language other than Polish costs 159 PLN in the 2026 high season (May-September). (Wieliczka Salt Mine, 2026)
- Wieliczka's standard individual Tourist Route ticket in Polish costs 103 PLN in the 2026 low season (January-April and October-December). (Wieliczka Salt Mine, 2026)
How large is the UNESCO historic centre?
The World Heritage property includes Old Town, Wawel and Kazimierz with Stradom. Its buffer zone is separate; neither is simply the area inside Planty.
| UNESCO boundary record | Area |
|---|---|
| Inscribed property | 149.65 hectares |
| Separate buffer zone | 907.35 hectares |
- Krakow's Historic Centre entered the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1978. (UNESCO, 2010)
- The Historic Centre of Krakow World Heritage property covers 149.65 hectares in UNESCO's boundary record updated in 2010. (UNESCO, 2010)
- The Historic Centre of Krakow World Heritage buffer zone covers 907.35 hectares in UNESCO's boundary record updated in 2010. (UNESCO, 2010)
Use the getting-around guide to turn the city-wide figures into a practical arrival and transport plan.
Methods and limitations
We checked 47 candidate figures and kept 40. We excluded a secondary museum total that disagreed with the museum's own chronicle, an expired exhibition price, a promotional growth claim without a consistent base, a mine package price for the wrong route and three aircraft movement figures that added little to a visitor reference. Every retained figure comes from the named first publisher, the institution's own report or the tourism organisation's original regional dataset. This selection is not a complete census of Krakow tourism or prices.
Our contribution is a consistent, searchable 40-record reference and an eight-ticket fare comparison, with the original units, periods and source links preserved in two CSV downloads. The fare range and record counts are derived from that selected table; source-reported numbers remain separate. No visitor average or city-wide budget is inferred from ticket prices.
Source tags give the publication month and year where supplied, or the year of the dated tariff or UNESCO boundary record where no publication month is stated. The rail operator's growth figure retains its decimal comma: 15,1% means 15.1 percent. The city Forum release is a 2026 report of 2025; the older survey is labelled 2024 throughout. The museum chronicle covers 2024, while MNK's review covers 2025. Do not add institution totals, branch subsets, city survey estimates, airport movements and accommodation stays together.
The regional tourism report publishes attendance supplied for selected venues. It is not a footfall survey of every attraction in Krakow. We show its Wawel totals as reported, without assuming a counting precision or calculating a growth percentage. The statistical office's KT-1 accommodation coverage excludes establishments with fewer than ten bed places. Neither dataset establishes street-level crowds or waiting times.
Checked 16 October 2026. Next review: 16 January 2027, with fares rechecked sooner if an operator announces a change. Prices are dated references, not live booking quotes. Report a correction through our contact page, naming the figure and the official replacement source.
Cite: Krakow Old Town. “40 Krakow statistics and visitor figures (2026).” Published 16 October 2026. https://krakowoldtown.com/plan-your-visit/krakow-statistics/
Primary sources
- Tourism Forum 2026: 2025 visitor research. City of Krakow; 2026.
- Tourist traffic in Krakow 2024, official English release of July 2025. City of Krakow; July 2025.
- Krakow Airport in 2025. Krakow Airport; January 2026.
- Tariff effective 2 March 2026. ZTP Krakow; February 2026.
- 2025: a record year for the operator. Koleje Malopolskie; January 2026.
- 2025 annual review, published 12 January 2026. National Museum in Krakow; January 2026.
- Statistical bulletin, Q4 2025, pages 27-28. Statistical Office in Krakow; March 2026.
- Historic Centre of Krakow: boundary record updated in 2010. UNESCO; 2010.
- 2026 Tourist Route tariff, appendix 1. Wieliczka Salt Mine; 2026.
- Jacek Salwinski, Museum of Krakow annual chronicle 2024, attendance table, p. 198. Museum of Krakow; December 2025.
- Tourist traffic in Malopolska 2025, Table 7.5.1, p. 112: venue attendance. Malopolska Tourism Organisation; 2026.