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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bodrum 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 Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Bodrum’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. Bodrum 80, Gdansk 40: Bodrum leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Gdansk 50: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Gdansk 52: Bodrum leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Gdansk 58: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Gdansk 62: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Gdansk 62: Bodrum leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Gdansk 42: Bodrum leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Gdansk 36: Bodrum leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bodrum
55match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Gdansk
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.

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumGdansk
Official languageTurkishPolish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m11 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumGdansk
City population175,000487,834
People per km²314714
Museums within 10 km434
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.