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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Gdansk or Mumbai?

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
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk and Mumbai are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Mumbai 55: Gdansk leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Mumbai 48: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Mumbai 35: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Mumbai 38: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Mumbai 24: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Mumbai.

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 families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMumbai
Official languagePolishHindi, English
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation11 m14 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMumbai
City population487,83415,414,288
People per km²71425,563
Museums within 10 km341
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.