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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Banff 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 Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Banff 12, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Gdansk 50: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Gdansk 58: Banff leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Banff 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Banff 55, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff 32, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Gdansk 36: Banff leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Banff
39match

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

Gdansk
Best match
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.

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffGdansk
Official languageFrench, EnglishPolish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,400 m11 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffGdansk
City population8,305487,834
People per km²1,730714
Museums within 10 km434
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.