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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Guadalajara?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Guadalajara’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, Guadalajara 5: Gdansk leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Guadalajara 62: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Guadalajara 55: Gdansk leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Guadalajara 66: Guadalajara leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Guadalajara 55: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Guadalajara 40: Gdansk leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Guadalajara 35: Gdansk leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Gdansk
55match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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.

Guadalajara has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGdanskGuadalajara
Official languagePolishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m1,536 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskGuadalajara
City population487,8341,385,621
People per km²7149,556
Museums within 10 km3417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.