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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

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. Bangkok 12, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Gdansk 50: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Gdansk 68: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Gdansk 52: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Gdansk 58: Gdansk leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Gdansk 62: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Gdansk 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Gdansk 68: Bangkok leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok and Gdansk are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Gdansk 36: Bangkok leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and wellness with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokGdansk
Official languageThaiPolish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m11 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokGdansk
City population5,676,648487,834
People per km²3,619714
Museums within 10 km5934
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.