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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Gdansk or Nuevo Vallarta?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’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, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Gdansk leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Gdansk leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Gdansk leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °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.

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGdanskNuevo Vallarta
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 m3 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskNuevo Vallarta
City population487,8341,301
People per km²714-
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.