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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Mazatlan?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Mazatlan 42: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Mazatlan 45: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Mazatlan 60: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Mazatlan 42: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Mazatlan 30: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Mazatlan 40: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Mazatlan 35: Gdansk leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Mazatlan.

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.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMazatlan
Official languagePolishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m139 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMazatlan
City population487,834441,975
People per km²714-
Museums within 10 km343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.