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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ghent or Mombasa?

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 Ghent for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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. Ghent 25, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Mombasa 60: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Mombasa 55: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Mombasa 46: Ghent leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Mombasa 45: Ghent leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Mombasa 45: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Mombasa 30: Ghent leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Mombasa 35: Ghent leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Mombasa 22: Ghent leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Mombasa 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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentMombasa
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation12 m50 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentMombasa
City population272,6571,208,333
People per km²1,7284,100
Museums within 10 km300
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.