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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Windhoek?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Windhoek 36: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Windhoek 30: Gdansk leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Windhoek 25: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Windhoek 52: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Windhoek 14: Gdansk leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Windhoek 30: Gdansk leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Windhoek 22: Gdansk leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Windhoek 30: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Windhoek 62: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Windhoek 18: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskWindhoek
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m1,650 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskWindhoek
City population487,834486,169
People per km²71495
Museums within 10 km345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.