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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Gdansk or Wellington?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Wellington 44: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Wellington 45: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Wellington 40: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Gdansk and Wellington are level on 62.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Wellington 68: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk and Wellington are level on 42.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Wellington 33: Gdansk leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Wellington 30: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Wellington.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskWellington
Official languagePolishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyZloty (PLN)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskWellington
City population487,834216,200
People per km²714487
Museums within 10 km3412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

Where else could you go?

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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.