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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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. Alicante 82, Gdansk 40: Alicante leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Gdansk 50: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Gdansk 52: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Gdansk 58: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Gdansk 62: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Gdansk 62: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Gdansk 42: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Gdansk 36: Alicante leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteGdansk
Official languageSpanishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m11 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteGdansk
City population366,221487,834
People per km²1,819714
Museums within 10 km834
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.