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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Rehoboth Beach?

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
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Rehoboth Beach 44: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Rehoboth Beach 14: Gdansk leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Rehoboth Beach 40: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Rehoboth Beach 50: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Rehoboth Beach 50: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Rehoboth Beach 50: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Rehoboth Beach 32: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Rehoboth Beach 28: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Rehoboth Beach 32: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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.

Rehoboth Beach 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskRehoboth Beach
Official languagePolish-
CurrencyZloty (PLN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m5 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskRehoboth Beach
City population487,8341,108
People per km²714258
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.