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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Gdansk or San Francisco?

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
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Gdansk leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk and San Francisco are level on 68.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, San Francisco 70: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, San Francisco 14: Gdansk leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, San Francisco 42: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskSan Francisco
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 m16 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskSan Francisco
City population487,834873,965
People per km²7141,455
Museums within 10 km3451
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.