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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Brisbane 55, Gdansk 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Gdansk 50: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Gdansk 52: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Gdansk 58: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Gdansk 62: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Gdansk 42: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Gdansk 52: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Gdansk 36: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Brisbane
54match

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

Gdansk
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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneGdansk
Official languageEnglishPolish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneGdansk
City population2,706,966487,834
People per km²171714
Museums within 10 km1634
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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. 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.