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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Gdansk or Sydney?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sydney for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Sydney 60: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Sydney 50: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Sydney 22: Gdansk leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Sydney.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskSydney
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskSydney
City population487,8345,450,496
People per km²714449
Museums within 10 km3438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.