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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
GlasgowKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Glasgow by Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Glasgow?

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 Gdansk for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Glasgow for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Glasgow’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. Gdansk 40, Glasgow 14: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Glasgow 52: Glasgow leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Glasgow 62: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Glasgow 66: Glasgow leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Glasgow 75: Glasgow leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Glasgow 76: Glasgow leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Glasgow 58: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Glasgow 66: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Glasgow 64: Glasgow leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Glasgow 46: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Glasgow 72: Glasgow leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Glasgow 28: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Glasgow.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Gdansk
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Glasgow
57match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Glasgow in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °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.

Glasgow 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.

Glasgow's sunshine is measured 90 km from the centre, at Eskdalemuir.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Glasgow: 1991-2020 normals, Glasgow Airport (11.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskGlasgow
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation11 m21 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsGlasgow Airport (GLA)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskGlasgow
City population487,834626,410
People per km²714190
Museums within 10 km3429
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.