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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ghent or Rehoboth Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Rehoboth Beach 44: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Rehoboth Beach 14: Ghent leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Rehoboth Beach 40: Ghent leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Rehoboth Beach 50: Ghent leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Rehoboth Beach 50: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Rehoboth Beach 45: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Rehoboth Beach 32: Ghent leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Rehoboth Beach 28: Ghent leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Rehoboth Beach 32: Ghent leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on beaches 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.

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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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.

Rehoboth Beach 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentRehoboth Beach
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation12 m5 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentRehoboth Beach
City population272,6571,108
People per km²1,728258
Museums within 10 km302
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.