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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Marmaris?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Marmaris 40: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Marmaris 18: Gdansk leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Gdansk and Marmaris are level on 62.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Marmaris 55: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Marmaris 38: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Marmaris 62: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Marmaris 12: Gdansk leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMarmaris
Official languagePolishTurkish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m7 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMarmaris
City population487,83497,818
People per km²714111
Museums within 10 km341
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.