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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Gdansk or Limassol?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Limassol for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Limassol’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, Limassol 77: Limassol leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Limassol 58: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Limassol 38: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Limassol 50: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Limassol 65: Limassol leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Limassol 76: Limassol leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Limassol 38: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk and Limassol are level on 42.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Limassol 44: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Limassol 32: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Limassol 42: Limassol leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Limassol.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches 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

Limassol in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
26 °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.

Limassol 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.

Limassol's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskLimassol
Official languagePolishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m10 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskLimassol
City population487,834107,970
People per km²7142,405
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.