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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Gdansk or Hobart?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Hobart 56: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Hobart 30: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Hobart 60: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Hobart 56: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Hobart 45: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Hobart 38: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Hobart 35: Gdansk leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Hobart 45: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Hobart.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskHobart
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation11 m54 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskHobart
City population487,834197,451
People per km²714116
Museums within 10 km348
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.