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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Avignon 22, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Gdansk 50: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Gdansk 68: Avignon leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Gdansk 58: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Gdansk 62: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Gdansk 52: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Gdansk 36: Gdansk leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonGdansk
Official languageFrenchPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m11 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonGdansk
City population92,188487,834
People per km²1,420714
Museums within 10 km1134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.