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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

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

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • 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. Austin 30, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Gdansk 50: Austin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Gdansk 52: Austin leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Gdansk 58: Gdansk leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Gdansk 42: Austin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Gdansk 52: Austin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Gdansk 36: Austin leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinGdansk
Official language-Polish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m11 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinGdansk
City population961,855487,834
People per km²1,217714
Museums within 10 km2134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.