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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Stockholm?

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

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • shopping
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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 and Stockholm are level on 40.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Stockholm 30: Gdansk leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on shopping 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskStockholm
Official languagePolishSwedish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m22 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskStockholm
City population487,834984,748
People per km²7145,260
Museums within 10 km34266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.