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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Gdansk or Seoul?

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

  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Seoul for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Seoul 50: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Seoul.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and wellness 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskSeoul
Official languagePolishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Won (KRW)
SocketsCE50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation11 m38 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskSeoul
City population487,8349,668,465
People per km²71415,973
Museums within 10 km3481
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.