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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Gdansk or Mexico City?

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

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Gdansk leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Mexico City 50: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Mexico City 58: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Mexico City 50: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMexico City
Official languagePolishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m2,240 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMexico City
City population487,8349,209,944
People per km²7146,202
Museums within 10 km34108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.