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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Toulouse 64: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk and Toulouse are level on 58.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Gdansk and Toulouse are level on 62.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Toulouse 70: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Toulouse 46: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Toulouse 27: Gdansk leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Gdansk
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on food and drink and day trips 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskToulouse
Official languagePolishFrench
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m115 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskToulouse
City population487,834514,819
People per km²7144,352
Museums within 10 km3424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.