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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Dublin 27, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Dublin and Gdansk are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Gdansk 52: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Gdansk 58: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Gdansk 62: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Gdansk 42: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Gdansk 52: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Gdansk 36: Gdansk leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Dublin
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinGdansk
Official languageEnglish, IrishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m11 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinGdansk
City population592,713487,834
People per km²5,154714
Museums within 10 km4034
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.