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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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. Cadiz 80, Gdansk 40: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Gdansk 50: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Gdansk 58: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Gdansk 62: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz and Gdansk are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Gdansk 36: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °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

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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizGdansk
Official languageSpanishPolish
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
Elevation11 m11 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizGdansk
City population109,950487,834
People per km²9,087714
Museums within 10 km1134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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.