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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Monaco?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Monaco for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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, Monaco 68: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Monaco 57: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Monaco 55: Gdansk leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Monaco 48: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Monaco 60: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Monaco 52: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Monaco 3: Gdansk leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Monaco.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMonaco
Official languagePolishFrench
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m68 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMonaco
City population487,83438,857
People per km²71418,503
Museums within 10 km3414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.