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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Scottsdale?

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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Gdansk leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Scottsdale 46: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Scottsdale 38: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk and Scottsdale are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Scottsdale 50: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Scottsdale 60: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Scottsdale 20: Gdansk leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Scottsdale 32: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Scottsdale 40: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Scottsdale.

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.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskScottsdale
Official languagePolish-
CurrencyZloty (PLN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m380 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskScottsdale
City population487,834241,361
People per km²714-
Museums within 10 km3410
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.