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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Gdansk or Reykjavik?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Reykjavik 42: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Reykjavik 25: Gdansk leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Reykjavik 45: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Reykjavik 35: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Reykjavik 55: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Reykjavik 55: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Reykjavik 25: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Reykjavik 6: Gdansk leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Reykjavik 45: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskReykjavik
Official languagePolishIcelandic
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m8 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskReykjavik
City population487,834138,772
People per km²714569
Museums within 10 km3423
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.