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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Tel Aviv?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Tel Aviv 57: Gdansk leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Tel Aviv 52: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Tel Aviv 64: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Tel Aviv 14: Gdansk leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Tel Aviv 35: Gdansk leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskTel Aviv
Official languagePolishHebrew
CurrencyZloty (PLN)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation11 m5 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskTel Aviv
City population487,834467,875
People per km²7148,998
Museums within 10 km3498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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.