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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Gdansk or Hiroshima?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Hiroshima 60: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Hiroshima 45: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Hiroshima 60: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Hiroshima 58: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Hiroshima 38: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Gdansk
55match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskHiroshima
Official languagePolishJapanese
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskHiroshima
City population487,8341,198,021
People per km²7141,324
Museums within 10 km3418
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.