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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Halifax?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Halifax for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk and Halifax are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Halifax 42: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Halifax 46: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Halifax 62: Halifax leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Halifax 63: Halifax leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Halifax 55: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Halifax 48: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Halifax 35: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Halifax 38: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Halifax 46: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Halifax 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 Halifax.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 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. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskHalifax
Official languagePolishFrench, English
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m28 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskHalifax
City population487,834440,072
People per km²71480
Museums within 10 km3415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.