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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Montreal?

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
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montreal for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Gdansk leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Montreal 60: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Montreal 55: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Gdansk and Montreal are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Montreal 45: Gdansk leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Montreal.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMontreal
Official languagePolishFrench, English
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m31 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMontreal
City population487,8341,895,211
People per km²7143,806
Museums within 10 km3437
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.