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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk or Yokohama?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Yokohama 55: Gdansk leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Yokohama 44: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Yokohama 55: Gdansk leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Gdansk
55match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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.

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskYokohama
Official languagePolishJapanese
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation11 m24 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskYokohama
City population487,8343,757,630
People per km²7148,585
Museums within 10 km3438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. 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.