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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Manaus 46: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Manaus 42: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Manaus 12: Gdansk leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Manaus 35: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Manaus 27: Gdansk leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Manaus 36: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Manaus 63: Gdansk leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Manaus 20: Gdansk leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Manaus.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskManaus
Official languagePolishPortuguese
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m92 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskManaus
City population487,8342,303,732
People per km²714202
Museums within 10 km3413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.