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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Bled 50, Gdansk 40: Bled leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Gdansk 50: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Gdansk 58: Bled leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Gdansk 62: Bled leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Gdansk 36: Bled leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 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

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledGdansk
Official languageSlovenePolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation501 m11 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledGdansk
City population4,969487,834
People per km²26714
Museums within 10 km434
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.