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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Gold Coast?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Gold Coast 47: Gdansk leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Gold Coast 15: Gdansk leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Gold Coast 52: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Gold Coast 45: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Gold Coast 40: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Gold Coast 35: Gdansk leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Gold Coast 30: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Gold Coast 42: Gold Coast leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Gold Coast.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Gold Coast
52match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 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.

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskGold Coast
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation11 m12 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskGold Coast
City population487,834607,665
People per km²714433
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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. 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.