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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • families

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. Florence 14, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Gdansk 50: Florence leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Gdansk 68: Florence leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence and Gdansk are level on 58.
Day trips. Florence 98, Gdansk 62: Florence leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Gdansk 72: Florence leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Gdansk 42: Florence leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Gdansk 52: Florence leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Gdansk 36: Florence leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

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. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceGdansk
Official languageItalianPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m11 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceGdansk
City population360,930487,834
People per km²3,528714
Museums within 10 km14134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.