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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Jaipur?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Jaipur 66: Jaipur leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Jaipur 25: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Jaipur 38: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Jaipur 55: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Jaipur 25: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Jaipur 30: Gdansk leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Jaipur 35: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Jaipur 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 Jaipur.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Jaipur
46match

Wins on shopping and prices 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

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Jaipur 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskJaipur
Official languagePolishHindi, English
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation11 m431 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskJaipur
City population487,8343,073,350
People per km²714-
Museums within 10 km346
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. 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.