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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Nuremberg?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Nuremberg 53: Nuremberg leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Nuremberg 40: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Nuremberg 56: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Nuremberg 45: Nuremberg leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Nuremberg 50: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk and Nuremberg are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Gdansk
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on day trips 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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskNuremberg
Official languagePolishGerman
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m209 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskNuremberg
City population487,834531,159
People per km²7142,848
Museums within 10 km3450
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.