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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Gdansk or Honolulu?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Honolulu 55: Gdansk leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Honolulu 45: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Honolulu 38: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Honolulu 52: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Honolulu 15: Gdansk leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Honolulu 40: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskHonolulu
Official languagePolish-
CurrencyZloty (PLN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m12 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskHonolulu
City population487,834350,964
People per km²7141,981
Museums within 10 km3412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.