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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Palm Springs

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

Gdansk or Palm Springs?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Palm Springs for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Springs’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, Palm Springs 7: Gdansk leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Palm Springs 40: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Palm Springs 42: Gdansk leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Palm Springs 36: Gdansk leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Palm Springs 78: Palm Springs leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Palm Springs 38: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Palm Springs 40: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Palm Springs 22: Gdansk leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Palm Springs 44: Palm Springs leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Palm Springs 32: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Palm Springs 40: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Palm Springs 80: Palm Springs leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Palm Springs.

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 prices with your weighting.

Palm Springs
42match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Palm Springs in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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.

Palm Springs 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Palm Springs: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Palm Springs (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskPalm Springs
Official languagePolish-
CurrencyZloty (PLN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m146 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsPalm Springs International Airport (PSP)2 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskPalm Springs
City population487,83444,575
People per km²714181
Museums within 10 km343
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.