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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Adelaide 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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Adelaide 68, Gdansk 40: Adelaide leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Gdansk 50: Adelaide leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Gdansk 58: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Gdansk 62: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Gdansk 42: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Gdansk 52: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Gdansk 36: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Gdansk
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.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideGdansk
Official languageEnglishPolish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m11 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideGdansk
City population1,387,290487,834
People per km²1,071714
Museums within 10 km1334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.