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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Gdansk?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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. Acapulco 80, Gdansk 40: Acapulco leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Gdansk 50: Acapulco leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Gdansk 52: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Gdansk 58: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Gdansk 68: Acapulco leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Gdansk 36: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gdansk has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoGdansk
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPolish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m11 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoGdansk
City population658,609487,834
People per km²350714
Museums within 10 km334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.