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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 Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Turin?

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
  • families

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

Choose Turin for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Turin 81: Turin leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Turin 78: Turin leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Turin 50: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Turin 80: Turin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Turin 84: Turin leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Turin 57: Gdansk leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Turin 68: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Turin 58: Turin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Turin 58: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Turin 65: Turin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Turin 40: Turin leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Turin.

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.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors 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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Turin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskTurin
Official languagePolishItalian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m239 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskTurin
City population487,834841,600
People per km²7146,474
Museums within 10 km3472
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.