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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Marseille?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Marseille 63: Gdansk leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Marseille 50: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Marseille 57: Gdansk leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Marseille 47: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Marseille 45: Gdansk leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Marseille 37: Marseille leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Marseille.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMarseille
Official languagePolishFrench
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMarseille
City population487,834886,040
People per km²7143,683
Museums within 10 km3427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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.