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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane or Ghent?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Ghent for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane and Ghent are level on 55.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Ghent 35: Brisbane leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Ghent 50: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Ghent 38: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Ghent 60: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Ghent 33: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Ghent.

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

Brisbane
54match

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

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips 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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneGhent
Official languageEnglishFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m12 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneGhent
City population2,706,966272,657
People per km²1711,728
Museums within 10 km1630
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.