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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Yogyakarta?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk and Yogyakarta are level on 68.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Yogyakarta 32: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Yogyakarta 40: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Yogyakarta 35: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Gdansk
55match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices 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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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.

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGdanskYogyakarta
Official languagePolishIndonesian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m113 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskYogyakarta
City population487,834422,732
People per km²71413,007
Museums within 10 km3438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.