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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Atlanta or Ghent?

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 Atlanta for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ghent for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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. Atlanta 10, Ghent 25: Ghent leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Ghent 62: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Ghent 55: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Ghent 35: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Ghent 50: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta and Ghent are level on 50.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Ghent 38: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Ghent 60: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta and Ghent are level on 33.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Ghent.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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.

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaGhent
Official language-French, German, Dutch
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m12 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaGhent
City population498,715272,657
People per km²1,4331,728
Museums within 10 km2730
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.